= ecm.system
:description: Namespace for server metadata. Method: definition() — loads and parses the server's asobjdef XML into a typed ECMDefinition object.
:keywords: ecm.system, server metadata, ECMDefinition, asobjdef, object definition
:page-tags: api, system, overview

The `ecm.system` namespace provides access to server metadata and object definitions.

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|Method |Description

|xref:api/system/definition.adoc[definition()]
|Returns the complete object definition of the server.
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