Structured, searchable, and actionable — across all your Signiant-connect storage
Modern media operations are complex. Files move fast, across teams, systems, and storage locations. What keeps it all together? Metadata.
Signiant makes it easy to work with JSON metadata — a structured, open format that travels with your files and fuels everything from search to automation to technical metadata validation.
With Signiant, JSON metadata powers intelligent automation, search, and validation — across any storage, without vendor lock-in.
How Signiant Uses JSON Metadata
Cabability | Description | Business Value |
|---|---|---|
Ingest Forms | Custom metadata forms generate structured JSON sidecar files during upload. | Ensure compliance and readiness at the point of ingest. Required fields prevent missing or incomplete data. |
Sidecar File Support | Metadata from other sources can be attached to assets using standard JSON sidecar files. | Capture rich, source-owned metadata from third parties or systems of record without requiring integration. |
Federated Indexing | JSON metadata from any source is indexed for global search and playback. | Unify search across silos. Quickly find the right asset across all your storage. |
Sidecar Metadata Extraction | Technical and custom descriptive fields are parsed and made actionable. | Drive automation with metadata. Kick off downstream workflows like QC, transcode, or AI enrichment. |
Media Validation | JSON-based technical specs define rules for file conformance. | Catch issues before delivery. Reduce costly rework and ensure packages meet custom specifications. |
Why It Matters to Your Business
Signiant Metadata Independence — and Why It’s More Secure
With Signiant, your metadata stays under your control, in your storage, and in open, human-readable JSON formats. We don’t centralize metadata in proprietary databases or force you to hand it over to us.
This approach offers key security benefits:
- No vendor lock-in: You own your metadata — not Signiant. Use it across systems, keep it portable, and avoid migration risks.
- Secure sidecar handling: Whether captured during ingest or provided externally, JSON sidecar files are validated and processed without ever compromising the source asset.
- Trusted pipeline, not data possession: Signiant orchestrates and accelerates metadata-aware workflows without ever taking ownership of the data itself.
The Signiant Advantage
Want to see what JSON metadata actually looks like in action?
Explore the sidecar schema documentation to understand the structure Signiant uses to store metadata alongside your content — and how it fuels automation, search, and validation across the platform.
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