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).

Meta-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.

Meta-data only describe the last operation of its kind. E.g. there is a record of last modification, last approval, etc. There is no history. The last operation overwrites data about the previous operation.

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
requestTimestamp property
dateTime 		[0,1] The timestamp of "create" operation request. 
requestorRef reference
ObjectReferenceType 		[0,1] Reference to the user that requested the "create" operation for this object or assignment. 
requestorComment property
string 		[0,1] Comment of the user that requested the "create" operation for this object or assignment. 
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). 
createApprovalComment property
string 		[0,-1] Comments of the approvers during the creation of the data. 
createApprovalTimestamp property
dateTime 		[0,1] The timestamp of creation approval. 
createChannel property
anyURI 		[0,1] Channel in which the object was created. 
createTaskRef reference
ObjectReferenceType 		[0,1] Reference to the task that created the object (if it was a persistent one). 
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). 
modifyApprovalComment property
string 		[0,-1] Comments of the approvers during the last modification of the data. 
modifyApprovalTimestamp property
dateTime 		[0,1] The timestamp of last modification approval. 
modifyChannel property
anyURI 		[0,1] Channel in which the object was last modified. 
modifyTaskRef reference
ObjectReferenceType 		[0,1] Reference to the task that last modified the object (if it was a persistent one). 
lastProvisioningTimestamp property
dateTime 		[0,1] The timestamp last provisioning operation that was based on this object. 
certificationFinishedTimestamp property
dateTime 		[0,1] When last certification related to this item was finished. 
certificationOutcome property
string 		[0,1] Outcome (URI) of the last certification. 
certifierRef reference
ObjectReferenceType 		[0,-1] Reference to the user that certified the data. 
certifierComment property
string 		[0,-1] Comments of the certifiers during the last certification of the data. 
originMappingName property
string 		[0,1] Identifies the mapping that caused the automated creation of this object or assignment.