MetadataType (Complex Type)

Namespace: http://midpoint.evolveum.com/xml/ns/public/common/common-3

Meta-data about data creation, modification, etc. It may apply to objects but also parts of the object (e.g. assignments).

Mata-data only apply to successful operations. That is obvious for create, but it also applies to modify. For obvious reasons there are no metadata about delete. We keep no metadata about reading. That would be a huge performance hit.

These data are informational only. They should not be used for security purposes (use auditing subsystem for that). But presence of metadata simplifies system administration and may provide some basic information "at the glance" which may be later confirmed by the audit logs.

Meta-data are also supposed to be searchable. Therefore they may be used to quickly find "candidate" objects for a closer examination.

Item Summary  
Name Type Multiplicity Description
createTimestamp property
dateTime 		[0,1] The timestamp of data creation. 
creatorRef reference
ObjectReferenceType 		[0,1] Reference to the user that created the data. 
createApproverRef reference
ObjectReferenceType 		[0,-1] Reference to the user that approved the creation of the data (if there was such a user). 
createChannel property
anyURI 		[0,1] Channel in which the object was created. 
modifyTimestamp property
dateTime 		[0,1] The timestamp of last data modification. 
modifierRef reference
ObjectReferenceType 		[0,1] Reference to the user that modified the data. 
modifyApproverRef reference
ObjectReferenceType 		[0,-1] Reference to the user that approved the last modification of the data (if there was such a user). 
modifyChannel property
anyURI 		[0,1] Channel in which the object was last modified.