Document Profiles

The document profile is a form that is completed when documents are published to the portal site. The form allows the author to specify which information is optional and which is required in order for the document to be published. This metadata embedded within the document profile is used to allow for efficient search results, and to ensure that documents can be easily found and organized within SharePoint Portal Server. Figure 2.2 provides visual representation of a document profile.

Figure 2.2. Sample illustration of a base document profile. This particular example shows four base properties: Title, Author, Keywords, and Description.

The search services within SharePoint Portal Server allows searching for documents according ...

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