Using ArcCatalog

Adding
enclosures
Documentation such as a report
describing how values were
collected may already exist for
an item. You can enclose a copy
of a file within an item’s
metadata. In most cases, this
should be a preliminary measure
until you have time to create
detailed metadata using the
editor; information in the
enclosure isn’t available when
you do a search. If the original
file is later modified, the copy
stored within the metadata
won’t change. Enclosing files in
an item’s metadata works the
same way as enclosing files in
an e-mail message.
For a data source, you might
enclose a layer file that can be
added to a map document. You
might also enclose an image in a
folder’s metadata to describe
the general area in which its
data is located. When enclosing
an image, check Image in the
Add New Enclosure dialog box.
Enclosed files are listed in the
ESRI stylesheet. For enclosed
images, the ESRI stylesheet will
show thumbnails describing
their contents. If metadata
doesn’t already exist when you
add an enclosure, metadata will
be created.
Enclosing documentation
files
1. In the Catalog tree, click the
item to which you want to
attach a file.
2. Click the Metadata tab.
3. Click the Metadata Properties
button on the Metadata
toolbar.
4. Click the Enclosures tab.
5. Click the Add button.
6. Click the Browse button.
7. Navigate to and click the file
you want to attach. Click OK.
8. Type a description of the file.
9. If the enclosed file is an
image, such as a Windows
Bitmap file, check Image.
10. Click OK. u
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