APPLICATION OF METADATA TO DOCUMENTS AND DOCUMENT OBJECTS VIA AN OPERATING SYSTEM USER INTERFACE

摘要

Methods, systems, and computer products are provided for applying metadata to documents and / or document entities in local and / or remote file storage systems. The application of metadata (flags) to documents and / or document objects allows users to easily find and use flagged items. One type of metadata, such as colored flags, can be applied to documents or document objects of different file types throughout the file storage system where data is stored through different software applications. Documents and / or document objects with similar flags may be surfaced to the user at the flag summary where documents and / or document objects may be sorted according to the flag type. Flagged documents or document objects associated with a launched document can be listed in an information pane near the launched document. ; Document, document object, metadata, flag, data item