Adding XMP metadata to PDF

How to Add Basic Job Ticket Schema to PDF in C#

The following steps and sample code illustrate adding a Basic Job Ticket Schema to a PDF document using DynamicPDF Core Suite.

Steps for Adding Basic Job Ticket Schema to a PDF Document

1. Create a Document object.
2. Create two Page objects and add to the Document instance.
3. Create an XmpMetadata object and set its properties.
4. Create a BasicJobTicketSchema object and assign it to the XmpMetadata instance.
5. Set the BasicJobTicketSchema object's properties.
6. Add an XmpMetadata object to the Document object.
7. Save the PDF document.

Sample Code - C#

Document document = new Document();

document.Pages.Add(new Page(PageSize.Letter));
document.Pages.Add(new Page(PageSize.Letter));
            
XmpMetadata xmp = new XmpMetadata();
            
BasicJobTicketSchema job = new BasicJobTicketSchema();
job.JobRef.Add("MyCompany", "Xmp Test", new Uri("http://www.mydomain.com/"));
job.JobRef.Add("MyProduct", "XMP Metadata", new Uri("http://www.mydomain.com/"));
xmp.AddSchema(job);

document.XmpMetadata = xmp;
            
document.Draw(@"Output.pdf");        

How to Add Dublin Core Schema to PDF in C#

The following steps and sample code illustrate adding the Dublin Core Schema to a PDF document using Dynamic Core Suite.

Steps for Adding the Dublin Core Schema to a PDF Document

1. Create a Document object.
2. Create two Page object instances and add to the Document object.
3. Create an XmpMetadata object and set its properties.
4. Create a DublinCoreSchema object and assign it to the XmpMetadata object instance.
5. Set the DublinCoreSchema properties as set in the sample code below.
6. Add the XmpMetadata object to the Document object (note that the Dublin Core Schema is internally added automatically).
7. Save the PDF document.

Sample Code - C#

Document document = new Document();

document.Pages.Add(new Page(PageSize.Letter));
document.Pages.Add(new Page(PageSize.Letter));
            
XmpMetadata xmp = new XmpMetadata();
            
DublinCoreSchema dc = xmp.DublinCore;
dc.Contributors.Add("Abc");
dc.Contributors.Add("Xyz");
dc.Contributors.Add("Pqrs");
dc.Coverage = "To test all the attributes of schema's provided";
dc.Creators.Add("MyProduct");
dc.Creators.Add("MyCompany");
dc.Date.Add(DateTime.Now);
dc.Description.AddLang("en-us", "XMP Schema's test");
dc.Identifier = "First XMP pdf";
dc.Publisher.Add("mydomain.com");
dc.Publisher.Add("MyCompany");
dc.Relation.Add("test pdf with xmp");
dc.Rights.DefaultText = "US English";
dc.Rights.AddLang("en-us", "All rights reserved 2012, MyCompany.");
dc.Source = "XMP Project";
dc.Subject.Add("eXtensible Metadata Platform");
dc.Title.AddLang("en-us", "XMP");
dc.Title.AddLang("it-it", "XMP - Piattaforma Estendible di Metadata");
dc.Title.AddLang("du-du", "De hallo Wereld");
dc.Title.AddLang("fr-fr", "XMP - Une Platforme Extensible pour les Métédonnées");
dc.Title.AddLang("DE-DE", "ÄËßÜ Hallo Welt");

document.XmpMetadata = xmp;
            
document.Draw(@"Output.pdf");        

How to Add Paged-Text Schema to PDF in C#

The following steps and sample code illustrate adding a Paged-Text Schema to PDF document using DynamicPDF Core Suite.

Steps for Adding Paged-Text Schema to PDF Document

1. Create a Document object.
2. Create two Page objects and add to the Document object.
3. Create an XmpMetadata object and set its properties.
4. Create a PagedTextSchema object and assign to the XmpMetadata object.
5. Set the PagedTextSchema object's properties.
6. Add the XmpMetadata object to the Document instance.
7. Save the PDF document.

Sample Code - C#

Document document = new Document();

document.Pages.Add(new Page(PageSize.Letter));
document.Pages.Add(new Page(PageSize.Letter));
            
XmpMetadata xmp = new XmpMetadata();
            
PagedTextSchema pt = new PagedTextSchema();
xmp.AddSchema(pt);

document.XmpMetadata = xmp;
            
document.Draw(@"Output.pdf");        

How to Add Rights Management Schema to PDF in C#

The following steps and sample code illustrate adding a Rights Management Schema to a PDF document using DynamicPDF Core Suite.

Steps for Adding Rights Management Schema to a PDF Document

1. Create a Document object.
2. Create two Page objects and add to the Document object.
3. Create a XmpMetadata object and set its properties.
4. Create a RightsManagementSchema object and assign it to the XmpMetadata object instance.
5. Set the necessary properties for the RightsManagementSchema object.
6. Add the XmpMetadata object instance to the Document object.
7. Save the PDF document.

Sample Code - C#

Document document = new Document();

document.Pages.Add(new Page(PageSize.Letter));
document.Pages.Add(new Page(PageSize.Letter));
            
XmpMetadata xmp = new XmpMetadata();
            
RightsManagementSchema rm = new RightsManagementSchema();
rm.Marked2 = CopyrightStatus.PublicDomain;
rm.Owner.Add("Company Name");
rm.UsageTerms.AddLang("en-us", "Contact MyCompany");
xmp.AddSchema(rm);

document.XmpMetadata = xmp;
            
document.Draw(@"Output.pdf");        

How to Add XMP Basic Schema to PDF in C#

The following steps and sample code illustrate adding an XMP Basic Schema to a PDF document using DynamicPDF Core Suite.

Steps for Adding an XMP Basic Schema to a PDF Document

1. Create a Document object.
2. Create two Page instances and add to the Document object.
3. Create a XmpMetadata object and set its properties.
4. Create a BasicSchema object and assign to the XmpMetadata object.
5. Set the BasicSchema object's properties.
6. Add the XmpMetadata instance to the Document instance (note that the Basic Schema is internally added automatically).
7. Save the PDF document.

Sample Code - C#

Document document = new Document();

document.Pages.Add(new Page(PageSize.Letter));
document.Pages.Add(new Page(PageSize.Letter));
            
XmpMetadata xmp = new XmpMetadata();
            
BasicSchema bs = xmp.BasicSchema;
bs.Advisory.Add("Date");
bs.Advisory.Add("Contributors");
bs.Nickname = "xyz";
bs.Thumbnails.Add(106, 80, "JPEG", imageData); //imageData is byte array

document.XmpMetadata = xmp;
            
document.Draw(@"Output.pdf");        

GitHub Project

Clone or view the example project at GitHub. This example code is contained in the Examples/XmpMetadataExample.cs file.

Getting Started

NuGet Package

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• Form Fields
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