Method for controlling the propagation of metadata items

Abstract

The present invention relates to propagation of metadata items 5 to recording media 1, 2 and/or to devices 3, 4 for reading from and/or writing to recording media. It is an object of the invention to propose a method for enabling and controlling automatic propagation of metadata items 5. The method comprises the steps of: providing metadata items 5 with a propagation property 6, the propagation property 6 defining to which recording media 1, 2 and/or to which devices 3, 4 the metadata items 5 shall propagate, and on which recording media 1, 2 and/or in which devices 3, 4 the metadata items 5 shall be stored, and automatically propagating and storing the metadata items 5 in accordance with the propagation property 6 at least when a recording medium 1, 2 is inserted into or removed from a device 3, 4, or when the device 3, 4 is powered up or down.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.