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In addition to indexing content metadata as string types, Swarm now supports alternative representations — such as numeric, time, and geo-location — for the same metadata. This provides applications with powerful query capabilities when performing searching operations. For example, a A metadata field value of "30.3675, -97.7878" can simultaneously be searched for as a string value or as a latitude/longitude geographic coordinate. Swarm automatically adds supported type representations for metadata as it is indexed. See Custom Metadata Typing.
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