
1) Data 2) Data management 3) Information 4) Information about information 5) Library catalog
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Metadata is `data about data`. The term is ambiguous, as it is used for two fundamentally different concepts (types). Structural metadata is about the design and specification of data structures and is more properly called `data about the containers of data`; descriptive metadata, on the other hand, is about individual instances of application...
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[CLI] Metadata, in the Common Language Infrastructure (CLI), refers to certain data structures embedded within the Common Intermediate Language code that describes the high-level structure of the code. Metadata describes all classes and class members that are defined in the assembly, and the classes and class members that the current assemb...
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Information about data,
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(1) Information about a data set which is provided by the data supplier or the generating algorithm and which provides a description of the content, format, and utility of the data set. Metadata provide criteria which may be used to select data for a particular scientific investigation. (2) Information describing a data set, including data user gui...
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Graphical or textual information about the content, quality, condition, origins and characteristics of data.
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Data associated with documents to provide information on their contents, context and use.
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(In topic `Data Warehousing & BI`) Metadata is simply data about data (e.g. data definition, data type, using systems etc.). Stored in a data dictionary & repository, metadata insulates the data warehouse from changes in the schema of operational systems.
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A definition or description of data, in effect 'data about data'. Metadata is commonly used in content management systems and data warehouses, with tags or descriptors added to information to help with its subsequent retrieval.
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Data that is used to describe other data. Data definitions are sometimes referred to as metadata. Examples of metadata include schema, table, index, view and column definitions.
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Data about data, or information known about the image in order to provide access to the image. Usually includes information about the intellectual content of the image, digital representation data, and security or rights management information
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Meta data, or sometimes metainformation, is data about data, of any sort, in any media.
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Data about data, or information known about the image in order to provide access to the image. Usually includes information about the intellectual content of the image, digital representation data, and security or rights management information.
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data that describes characteristics of a document. Metadata is essentially a catalogue record, providing (a) access points by which records of documents can be sorted or retrieved and (b) descriptive information, by which the relevance of a document can be assessed without consulting it in full. Preferred terms or notations selected during the inde...
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noun data about data; `a library catalog is metadata because it describes publications`
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is structured information that describes, explains, locates, or otherwise makes it easier to retrieve, use or manage an information resource. The Dublin Core is an example of a standard. It was developed for libraries to be simple and concise. The current Dublin Core standard defines fifteen metadata elements (title, subject, description, source, l...
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Data About Data
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Data that describes other data. `Meta` is a prefix that in most information technology usages means an underlying definition or description.
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