Metadata

The following fields and blocks are metadata in the KDS record:

Record creation date: The date and time that the record was created in the KDS.
Record update date: The date and time of the last time that the key material or metadata of the record was changed.
Key material validity start date: The date that the key material becomes active.
Key material validity end date: The last date that the key material is active.
Last used reference date: The date that the key material was last referenced.
Record archive flag: When enabled, the key material cannot be used when the record is referenced by an application.
Record archive date: The date that the record archive flag was enabled by the KDS Metadata Write service.
Record recall date: The date that the record archive flag was disabled by the KDS Metadata Write service.
Record prohibit archive flag: When enabled, the record cannot be archived.
User data: The data stored in the user data field in the old formats of the CKDS (CKDUDATA), PKDS (PKDUDATA), or TKDS (TKDUDATA).
IBM and installation variable-length metadata blocks: Blocks of metadata.

Record creation and update dates

Record creation and update dates can be used as search criteria when generating a list of records using the Key Data Set List service. These dates can be read by the Key Data Set Metadata Read service. These dates cannot be modified by the Key Data Set Metadata Write service.

Key material validity start and end dates

These dates can be used as search criteria when generating a list of records using the Key Data Set List service. These dates can be read by the Key Data Set Metadata Read service. These dates can be added, changed, and deleted using the Key Data Set Metadata Write service.

Last used referenced date

This date can be used as search criteria when generating a list of records using the Key Data Set List service. This date can be read by the Key Data Set Metadata Read service. This date can be added, changed, and deleted using the Key Data Set Metadata Write service.

Record archive and recall dates

These dates can be used as search criteria when generating a list of records using the Key Data Set List service. These dates can be read by the Key Data Set Metadata Read service. These dates are changed when the record archive flag is enabled or disabled using the Key Data Set Metadata Write service.

Record archive and record prohibit archive flags

The record prohibit archive flag can be used as search criteria when generating a list of records using the Key Data Set List service. These flags can be read by the Key Data Set Metadata Read service. These flags can be enabled and disabled using the Key Data Set Metadata Write service.

Variable-length metadata blocks

The metadata tags can be used as search criteria when generating a list of records using the Key Data Set List service. The metadata blocks can be read by the Key Data Set Metadata Read service. The metadata blocks can be added, changed, and deleted using the Key Data Set Metadata Write service.