What is another word for metadata?

Pronunciation: [mˌɛtədˈe͡ɪtə] (IPA)

Metadata is information that provides context and description of data. There are many synonyms for metadata, including "data about data", "information about information", "descriptor data", "schema data", "attribute data", "catalogue data" and "structural data". Other synonyms for metadata include "header data", "administrative data", "secondary data", "contextual data", "relational data", and "reference data". All these synonyms help to describe the purpose and function metadata plays in data management. Regardless of the name given to metadata, the crucial understanding is that it provides critical information to help understand and manage the underlying data.

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  • Independent

    • Noun, plural
      data.
    • Noun, singular or mass
      data.
    • Verb, past participle
      used.
  • Other Related

    • Noun, singular or mass
      meta.
    • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
      meta.

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Usage examples for Metadata

43 metadata Directive ...........................................
"The Project Gutenberg RST Manual"
Marcello Perathoner

Famous quotes with Metadata

  • For Nation States, and the adversaries within America's boarders (special interest groups, cyber caliphate, Muslim brotherhood, Antifa etc), metadata is THE silent weapon in this quiet information war.
    James Scott
  • Dragnet surveillance capitalists such as Facebook, Comcast, AT&T and Google, unfortunately, supply these manipulating forces with an endless supply of metadata for this information war against the American and European public.
    James Scott
  • Exfiltrated metadata from internet service providers and social media platforms can be plugged into big data analytics and once the right algorithm is applied, can allow an adversary surgically precise psychographic targeting of critical infrastructure executives with elevated privileges. Why is no one talking about this?
    James Scott
  • To a collector of curios, the dust is metadata.
    David Weinberger

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