Updated: 2009-11-12

[This article is pre-release documentation and is subject to change in future releases.]

Managed metadata is a hierarchical collection of centrally managed terms that you can define and then use as attributes for items in Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010.

The articles in this chapter contain procedures for working with managed metadata services. The articles include:

• Create, update, publish, and delete a managed metadata service application (SharePoint Server 2010)
  
  This article provides instructions for working with managed metadata service applications.
  
  
• Create, update, and delete a managed metadata service connection (SharePoint Server 2010)
  
  This article provides instructions for working with connections to managed metadata service applications.
  
  
• Add and remove term store administrators (SharePoint Server 2010)
  
  This article provides instructions for working with term stores.