metadata
Definition
Data that serves to provide context or additional information about other data. For example, information about the title, subject, author, typeface, enhancements, and size of the data file of a document constitute metadata about that document. It may also describe the conditions under which the data stored in a database was acquired, its accuracy, date, time, method of compilation and processing, etc.
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metadata is in the Information & Knowledge Management subject.
metadata appears in the definitions of the following terms: markup language and meta
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