Metadata – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
metadata
n.
data about data, information known that makes it easy to access and use the data (e.g.: library catalog card, which includes information about the nature and location of a book); (Computers) descriptive information about data and documents (such as origin, size, formatting or different characteristics of a data)
Metadata
Metadata is "
data that provides information about other data". Two types of metadata exist:
structural metadata and
descriptive metadata. Structural metadata is data about the containers of data. Descriptive metadata uses individual instances of application data or the data content.
metadata
Noun
1. data about data; "a library catalog is metadata because it describes publications"
(hypernym) data, information
metadata
Any kind of statistical information that defines or describes other data (e.g. attributes, structures, code lists, etc.).
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Metadata
Refers to documentation about data, such as descriptions of electronic files that effectively tell you the format, structure, contents, and authority of the materials. Metadata standards, such as the Dublin Core and the Encoded Archival Description Standards, are developed and being adopted or adapted." (Vogt O'Connor 1999:49).
