Title property: any docs on ./jcr: vs ./customname?

[onionm10738973]

Just wondering if anyone can point me to a clear piece of documentation to differentiate between when we would use ./jcr: and when we would use a custom value such as ./customname?

[aanchal-sikka · Accepted solution]

The jcr: namespace is used to define system-specific properties and elements in the repository. In AEM, these properties and elements are essential for the proper functioning of the content repository and the management of content-related information. Some common system-specific properties in the jcr: namespace include jcr:primaryType (indicating the primary node type), jcr:mixinTypes (indicating mixin node types), and others.

Since, these are have a specific purpose, please avoid using "jcr:" namespace for custom properties.

Use custom namespace for custom properties. Namespace primarily helps you organize and manage your metadata. For example, it could help you:

• Identify custom metadata against OOTB metadata
• Identify a metadata’s source: when metadata flows-in from from multiple 3rd party systems
  • In such scenario, you could easily identify the source of metadata, by mapping a namespace against the metadata’s scource.
• Filter what should be written on to an asset binary by Metadata Writeback Workflow. The DAM metadata writeback workflow would only write a metadata that has a namespace.
  
  https://techrevel.blog/2020/01/23/aem-custom-namespace/