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module Metadata

smx. Metadata

source: modules/metadata/index.js, line 1

Provides a flexible data layer for document's nodes.

Using nested <metadata> nodes you can attach data to the direct parent node. Data can be also attached to nodes using meta- preffixed attributes.

Reserved XML: `metadata`, `[meta-*]`.

Modules

MetadataProcessor

Mixins

Document-Metadata
Node-Metadata

Example

<book meta-ISBN="978-3-16-148410-0">
   <metadata>
     <title>Moby Dick</title>
     <description>
       Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetuer...
     </description>
   </metadata>
   <chapter>...</chapter>
   <chapter>...</chapter>
   <chapter>...</chapter>
</book>

<!-- Processed XML -->
<book>
  <!-- metadata = {
    'ref': '978-3-16-148410-0',
    'title': 'Moby Dick',
    'description': 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetuer...'
  } -->
  <chapter>...</chapter>
  <chapter>...</chapter>
  <chapter>...</chapter>
</book>

book.meta('ref');
// => "978-3-16-148410-0"
book.meta('title');
// => "Moby Dick"
book.children.length;
// => 3