In this scenario, the company wants only one department to use a custom metadata schema with a‘verifiedBy’ user picker fieldfor image assets. The best approach is to:

Create a new metadata schemafor the specific department.

Extend the Coral UI Componentto create a custom user picker field, which will allow the department to select users from the list of available users in the system.

Option A suggests modifying the default image metadata schema, which could impact all departments, and Option B involves manually adding users to a dropdown, which is not as efficient as using a user picker field.

Refer toAEM documentation on creating custom metadata schemasandextending Coral UI componentsfor more information.