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title: "Properties"
source: https://dev.pageseeder.com/reference/glossary/properties.html
description: "Properties in PageSeeder refers to configuration settings and metadata attachments. Server properties configure app aspects via files requiring direct server access, while PSML properties are metadata attached to documents, fragments, and files through PageSeeder Markup Language."
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# Properties

Another PageSeeder term with multiple contexts, like ‘[document](/reference/glossary/document.md)’ and ‘[metadata](/reference/glossary/metadata.md)’. 

## Server properties

One context is for the properties files that configure various aspects of the app. The server properties files cannot be edited through the user interface – they require direct access to the server. Reference information is available in the [properties](/guide/configuration/properties.md) document. Administrators can see and reload the properties on the **server properties page** through the system administration. 

- [Global properties](/guide/configuration/properties/global_properties.md)
- [Database properties](/guide/configuration/properties/database_properties.md)
- [Group properties](/guide/configuration/properties/group_properties.md)
- [Project properties](/guide/configuration/properties/project_properties.md)
- JDO properties
- [MIME properties](/guide/configuration/properties/mime_properties.md)

## PSML properties

Another class of properties are defined by the PageSeeder Markup Language (PSML). These are properties that can be attached to documents, fragments and binary files.

For further information, see the following:

- [Element \<property\>](/psml/elements/element_property.md)
- [document metadata](/reference/glossary/document_metadata.md)
- [PSML document template](/guide/configuration/psml/psml_document_template.md)
- [PSML properties editor](/guide/configuration/psml/psml_properties_editor.md)