Index: trunk/psLib/src/types/psMetadata.c
===================================================================
--- trunk/psLib/src/types/psMetadata.c	(revision 5194)
+++ trunk/psLib/src/types/psMetadata.c	(revision 5203)
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@
  *  @author Ross Harman, MHPCC
  *
- *  @version $Revision: 1.86 $ $Name: not supported by cvs2svn $
- *  @date $Date: 2005-09-29 23:30:32 $
+ *  @version $Revision: 1.87 $ $Name: not supported by cvs2svn $
+ *  @date $Date: 2005-09-30 01:34:45 $
  *
  *  Copyright 2004-2005 Maui High Performance Computing Center, University of Hawaii
@@ -183,4 +183,13 @@
 METADATAITEM_ALLOC_TYPE(S32,psS32,PS_DATA_S32)
 METADATAITEM_ALLOC_TYPE(Bool,psBool,PS_DATA_BOOL)
+
+psMetadataItem* psMetadataItemAllocPtr(const char *name,
+                                       psDataType type,
+                                       const char *comment,
+                                       psPtr value)
+{
+    return (psMetadataItemAlloc(name, type, comment, value));
+}
+
 
 psMetadataItem* psMetadataItemAllocV(const char *name,
@@ -465,4 +474,16 @@
 METADATA_ADD_TYPE(Array,psArray*,PS_DATA_ARRAY)
 METADATA_ADD_TYPE(Time,psTime*,PS_DATA_TIME)
+//METADATA_ADD_TYPE(Ptr,psPtr,PS_DATA_UNKNOWN)
+
+bool psMetadataAddPtr(psMetadata *md,
+                      long location,
+                      const char *name,
+                      psDataType type,
+                      const char *comment,
+                      psPtr value)
+{
+    return (psMetadataAdd(md, location, name, type, comment, value) );
+
+}
 
 bool psMetadataRemove(psMetadata *md,
Index: trunk/psLib/src/types/psMetadata.h
===================================================================
--- trunk/psLib/src/types/psMetadata.h	(revision 5194)
+++ trunk/psLib/src/types/psMetadata.h	(revision 5203)
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@
 *  @author Ross Harman, MHPCC
 *
-*  @version $Revision: 1.67 $ $Name: not supported by cvs2svn $
-*  @date $Date: 2005-09-29 23:30:32 $
+*  @version $Revision: 1.68 $ $Name: not supported by cvs2svn $
+*  @date $Date: 2005-09-30 01:34:45 $
 *
 *  Copyright 2004-2005 Maui High Performance Computing Center, University of Hawaii
@@ -212,4 +212,18 @@
 );
 
+/** Create a metadata item with specified psPtr data.
+ *
+ *  Returns a fill psMetadataItem ready for insertion into the psMetadata
+ *  struct.
+ *
+ * @return psMetadataItem* : Pointer metadata item.
+ */
+psMetadataItem* psMetadataItemAllocPtr(
+    const char* name,                  ///< Name of metadata item.
+    psDataType type,                   ///< Data type of metadata item.
+    const char* comment,               ///< Comment for metadata item.
+    psPtr value                        ///< the value of the metadata item.
+);
+
 #ifndef SWIG
 /** Create a metadata item with va_list.
@@ -472,4 +486,17 @@
 );
 
+/** Add a psPtr to metadata collection.
+ *
+ *  @return bool:  True for success, False for failure.
+ */
+psBool psMetadataAddPtr(
+    psMetadata* md,                    ///< Metadata collection to insert metadata item
+    long location,                     ///< Index number, PS_LIST_HEAD, or PS_LIST_TAIL
+    const char* name,                  ///< Name of metadata item
+    psDataType type,                   ///< psDataType for metadata item
+    const char* comment,               ///< Comment for metadata item
+    psPtr value                        ///< Unknown for metadata item data
+);
+
 /** Add Metadata to metadata collection.
  *