Previously having the following metadata line:

ContactName.family owned

given the following GIR definition:

    <record name="ContactName"
            c:type="EContactName"
            glib:type-name="EContactName"
            glib:get-type="e_contact_name_get_type"
            c:symbol-prefix="contact_name">
      <field name="family" writable="1">
        <type name="utf8" c:type="gchar*"/>
      </field>
      <field name="given" writable="1">
        <type name="utf8" c:type="gchar*"/>
      </field>
      <field name="additional" writable="1">
        <type name="utf8" c:type="gchar*"/>
      </field>
      <field name="prefixes" writable="1">
        <type name="utf8" c:type="gchar*"/>
      </field>
      <field name="suffixes" writable="1">
        <type name="utf8" c:type="gchar*"/>
      </field>
      <constructor name="new" c:identifier="e_contact_name_new">
        <doc xml:whitespace="preserve">Creates a new #EContactName struct.</doc>
        <return-value transfer-ownership="full">
          <doc xml:whitespace="preserve">A new #EContactName struct.</doc>
          <type name="ContactName" c:type="EContactName*"/>
        </return-value>
      </constructor>
      <method name="copy" c:identifier="e_contact_name_copy">
        <doc xml:whitespace="preserve">Creates a copy of @n.</doc>
        <return-value transfer-ownership="full">
          <doc xml:whitespace="preserve">A new #EContactName identical to @n.</doc>
          <type name="ContactName" c:type="EContactName*"/>
        </return-value>
      </method>
      <method name="free" c:identifier="e_contact_name_free">
        <doc xml:whitespace="preserve">Frees @name and its contents.</doc>
        <return-value transfer-ownership="none">
          <type name="none" c:type="void"/>
        </return-value>
      </method>
      <method name="to_string" c:identifier="e_contact_name_to_string">
        <doc xml:whitespace="preserve">Generates a string representation of @name.</doc>
        <return-value transfer-ownership="full">
          <doc xml:whitespace="preserve">The string representation of @name.</doc>
          <type name="utf8" c:type="gchar*"/>
        </return-value>
      </method>
    </record>


would generate a VAPI class definition like this:

	[Compact]
	[CCode (copy_function = "g_boxed_copy", free_function = "g_boxed_free", type_id = "e_contact_name_get_type ()", cheader_filename = "libebook/e-book-client.h")]
	public class ContactName {
		public string additional;
		public string family;
		public string given;
		public string prefixes;
		public string suffixes;
		[CCode (has_construct_function = false)]
		public ContactName ();
		public E.ContactName copy ();
		public void free ();
		public static E.ContactName from_string (string name_str);
		public string to_string ();
	}

Using Vala from git as of Monday I am getting:

        [Compact]
        [CCode (copy_function = "g_boxed_copy", free_function = "g_boxed_free", type_id = "e_contact_name_get_type ()", cheader_filename = "libebook/e-book-client.h")]
        public class ContactName {
                public weak string additional;
                public weak string family;
                public weak string given;
                public weak string prefixes;
                public weak string suffixes;
                [CCode (has_construct_function = false)]
                public ContactName ();
                public E.ContactName copy ();
                public void free ();
                public static E.ContactName from_string (string name_str);
                public string to_string ();
        }



That is, that metadata line is effectively being ignored.