Metadata
Metadata is data that provides information about other data
What is Metadata?
Metadata refers to data that describes other data. It provides information about the characteristics of a particular piece of data, such as its format, size, author, creation date, and location.For example, metadata for a photograph might include the date and time it was taken, the camera model and settings used, and the location where the photo was taken. Metadata for a document might include the author's name, the creation date, the file type, and the file size.
Metadata is often used to help organize and manage large collections of data, such as digital libraries or archives. It can also be used to help search engines and other software applications index and retrieve information more effectively.
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Metadata (or metainformation) is data that defines and describes the characteristics of other data. It often helps to describe, explain, locate, or otherwise make data easier to retrieve, use, or manage. For example, the title, author, and publication date of a book are metadata about the book. But, while a data asset is finite, its metadata is infinite. As such, efforts to define, classify types, or structure metadata are expressed as examples in the context of its use. The term "metadata" has a history dating to the 1960s where it occurred in computer science and in popular culture.
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