1. A method of implementing metadata in a storage system, the method comprising: creating, by one or more processors of the storage system, a plurality of global metadata attributes to be used in one or more accounts on the storage system responsive to input from an administrator of the one or more accounts; creating, responsive to input from a creator user, a workspace within one of the one or more accounts in the storage system, wherein creating the workspace includes selecting workspace metadata attributes for the workspace from the plurality of global metadata attributes, wherein creating the workspace includes setting default values for one or more of the selected workspace metadata attributes, wherein the selected workspace metadata attributes for the workspace are stored in a memory of the storage system and automatically applied to every work item uploaded to the workspace; and receiving, from a collaborator of the workspace, a work item that is uploaded to the workspace without requiring the collaborator to enter metadata for the selected workspace metadata attributes for the workspace that are automatically applied to the work item.