1. A method of implementing metadata in a storage system, the method comprising: permitting an administrator of one or more accounts on the storage system to create a plurality of global metadata attributes to be used in the one or more accounts; permitting a first user to create a workspace within one of the one or more accounts in the storage system and select a plurality of workspace metadata attributes from the plurality of global metadata attributes to be applied to every work item uploaded to the workspace; and permitting a collaborator of the workspace to upload a work item to the workspace without requiring the collaborator to enter metadata for the selected workspace metadata attributes for the work item.