Mapping Content Types to Imported Content Using the Global
Content Type Map
The Global Content Type Map enables you to map file extensions
(for example, .doc, .txt, .html) to content types, to define which
content types are applied to imported content (whether imported by
a content crawler or uploaded by a user).
To access the Global Content Type Map you must be a member
of the Administrators group.
The initial content types and mappings enable you to import
any type of content into the portal, but you will probably want to
create custom content types and mappings to import metadata specific
to your company's needs.
Note:
- Users with the Advanced Document Submission activity right can
use remote document submission or web document submission and can
override the default content type specified in the Global Content
Type Map.
- When users create content crawlers, the Content Type page displays the default mappings specified in the Global Content
Type Map. They can then override these mappings to fit the needs of
the individual content crawler.
- Click Administration.
- In the Select Utility drop-down
list, choose Global Content Type Map.
- Configure identifiers for content types.
You probably want to index full-text and import specific
metadata from the majority of content you import into the portal.
However, there are some file types that do not include much metadata
and cannot be full-text indexed (for example, .exe or .zip files).
You can map these file types to the Non Indexed Files content type. Initially, the Global Content Type Map specifies that
any file extension that is not mapped uses the Non Indexed
Files content type (the last identifier in the list is
*, which includes all file extensions).
The * identifier mapping
allows any type of file to be imported into the portal.
- If you want to limit the types of files that can be imported into
the portal:
- Remove the mappings for any file types you want to exclude from
the portal.
- Add mappings for any non-indexed files you want to include in
the portal (for example, .zip files).
- Remove the * mapping.
- If you do not want to limit the types of files that can be imported
into the portal, keep the * mapping at the bottom of the list so that
it is not applied to a file type that has a mapping.
