Metadata comparison with Lightroom.

Hi, All.
I just recently read Martin Evenings book and a few other references. There seems to be a consensus on the fact that Photoshop and Bridge offer far more in terms of metadata entry options than Lightroom does. The question I am faced with is: Are the fields available in Lightroom sufficient for my work or do I need the extra fields available in Photoshop and Bridge ?
In order to answer this question I need a list with all the extra metadata fields and/or data available in Photoshop/Bridge that isn't available in Lightroom and/or some king of table comparing the two. I have searched but haven't found one that was detailed.
Can anyone point me in the right direction ?
Thank you in advance.

Well,Photoshop CC and Lightroom 5 are the most recent releases. I don't know if anyone has cobbled a document compairing the two,so I'll contribute a screenshot of Bridge CC's metadata categories. Bridge as I understand it is a free app, so you should be able to download it and examine the Metadata categories. And I'm sure you can also download a Lightroom trial and do the same.
Gene

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