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# How to Set Default Metadata Mappings

When **uploading** or **downloading** files, **metadata mappings** can be used to extract **XMP/IPTC/EXIF** metadata - such as create date, keywords or copyright infos - from the files and write them into fields in fylr, or write the data from fylr into the files. By **default**, this only happens when the **user chooses** a metadata mapping when uploading or downloading files.

But it is also **possible** to define a **default** metadata mapping for the **import** and **export** of files, so that it is **applied** **automatically** without explicitly choosing one. This can either be done for **object types** (tab "General") or for **pools** (tab "General").

<table><thead><tr><th width="277.32421875">FIELD</th><th>DESCRIPTION</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>XMP/IPTC/EXIF Import Profile</td><td>Choose a <a href="/pages/hwhmrAVmExbAy02f6zVs">metadata mapping profile</a> that should be applied when files are uploaded into fylr to extract metadata and write it into fylr fields.</td></tr><tr><td>XMP/IPTC/EXIF Export Profile</td><td>Choose a <a href="/pages/hwhmrAVmExbAy02f6zVs">metadata mapping profile</a> that should be applied when files are downloaded from fylr to write metadata from fylr fields into the file.</td></tr><tr><td>Dublin Core Export Profile</td><td>Choose a <a href="/pages/hwhmrAVmExbAy02f6zVs">metadata mapping profile</a> that should be applied when files are exported using <a href="/pages/dY4SI8pe1781U0NjHnyd">OAI/PMH</a>.</td></tr></tbody></table>

For it to work, the user needs the **system right** "Export Metadata" & "Import Metadata" with at least **"Standard Profile Only"**, which can be found in the "System Rights" tab of **users** or **groups** in the "Functions" section under "Frontend Features".
