Pass on the metadata to the output using DITA-OT id21BJ00QD0XA

In the Assets UI, navigate to and click on the DITA map file for which you want to pass the metadata to the DITA-OT.

Select and edit an output preset to which you want to pass the metadata fields. For example, select PDF output preset.

Select DITA-OT under Generate <output> Using option in the selected output preset.

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From the Properties drop down select the metadata that you want to pass to DITA-OT publishing.

Properties dropdown lists both the custom and the default properties. For example, in the above screenshot author is the custom property while dc:description, dc:language, dc:title, and docstate are the default properties.

This file can be overlaid at: /apps/fmdita/config/metadataList.

To pass a custom property for which you have already defined the values, see Use AEM Metadata in DITA-OT PDF output.

From the Properties dropdown, select the required custom and default properties. For example, select author, dc:title, and dc:description. These are the standard metadata/properties that gets created once we create a file. The selected properties are listed below the dropbox.

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Click Done on the top left to save the changes.

Generate the output.