title: Magento read-only and hidden product attributes
body: <p>I would like to have some Magento product attributes that are not editable from the admin interface and some that are not visible at all in that interface (as a method of storing some persistent information about a product that should not be viewed by human users.. it's the only way of doing this that i can think of, any other suggestions are welcome).</p>
  
  <p>So my question is: Do all Magento attributes have to be visible and editable from the admin interface? If not, how can they be made read-only or hidden?</p>
  
  <p>I noticed that in the admin interface there are some read-only fields, so it must be possible to do this one way or another. After searching stackoverflow for this I found a possible solution involving JavaScript, but I would like to not go down that path if it's at all possible.</p>