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Metadata

Metadata (or metainformation) is data (or information) 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…

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Metadata

Nodes256
Edges255
Triples484
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.007813
Components1

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see also · 40
Metadata → AGRIS, Central, Classification, Core, Data, Data Element Framework, Database, Extension, Generic Earth Observation Metadata, Global, HTML MetadataMetadata Access Point, IEC, Information, Interface, International, JavaMetadata, Keyword, LSM, Markup, MeasurementsOntology
related to Library and information science · 33
Metadata → Another, Beginning, DDI, DOI, Dublin Core, DVD, DVDs, EML, Given, ILMS, Integrated Library Management System, Leading, Libraries, Library, Long Form, MARC, METS, MODS, More, OAI-PMH
related to External links · 30
Metadata → Cory Doctorow's, Department, Francis Group, Guardian, Homeland Security, IJMSO, Inderscience Publishers, Internet, Investigator ToolkitJournal, ISSN, Journal, June, Library Metadata, Media, Metacrap, NISO, October, Ontologies, PDF, Putting
related to Further reading · 29
Metadata → Antiquity, Cambridge, Cham, Facet Publishing, Gartner, ISBN, Jeffrey, Jenn, Jian, London, Marcia Lei, Massachusetts, MIT Press, National Information Standards Organization, OCLC, PDF, Pomerantz, Qin, Richard, Riley
related to Syntax · 26
Metadata → All, Both, Dewey, Dewey Decimal, Dewey/UDC/LoC, Dublin Core, EDIFACT, For, Google, HTML, If, ISO, ISO-25964, Linnaean Binomial Nomenclature, Pantone, RDF, SKOS, The, There, This
related to Standards · 23
Metadata → American National Standards Institute, ANSI, Concept Systems, Data Elements, Formal, In ISO/IEC, International, International Organization, ISO, ISO/IEC, It, MDR, Metadata Registries, Metadata Registry, Much, Part, Part-3, Standardization, The, The Geospatial
related to Digital music · 16
Metadata → As, But CD-Text, CD Red Book, CD-Text, CDDB, CDs, Compact Discs, Computer, Digital, Fourteen, Gracenote, Shortly, Table Of Contents, That, TOC, When
related to Science · 13
Metadata → Another, Comprehensive, FAIR Guiding Principles, Its API, OpenAlex, PubMed, SARS-CoV-2, Scholia, Science, Such, The, Web, Wikidata's
related to Statistics and census services · 13
Metadata → Central Banks, Entities, Environmental Protection Agency, European Statistics Code, European System, Eurostat, ISO, Metadata Exchange, Practice, SDMX, Several, Standardization, Statistical Data
related to File metadata · 11
Metadata → AVI, JPEG, Microsoft Office, Most, MP3, MP4, OpenDocument, PDF, PNG, Video, WAV

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Important terminology

data information standards used digital example database also objects within standard describe files may file use business web content databases

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Metadatais aglossary entry0.90text
Metadatais aimportant tool in how data is stored in data warehouses0.90text
Metadatais afact measurement when building and using a DW/BI system0.90text
Metadatais aspecific and highly structured form of documentation that provides standardized information about the data itself0.90text
Metadatapart ofa competitive environment where the metadata is used to promote the metadata creators own purposes0.85text
titleinstance ofIt includes elements0.80text
abstractinstance ofIt includes elements0.80text
authorinstance ofIt includes elements0.80text
and keywords.Structural metadatainstance ofIt includes elements0.80text
tablesinstance ofStructural metadata describes the structure of database objects0.80text
columnsinstance ofStructural metadata describes the structure of database objects0.80text
keysinstance ofStructural metadata describes the structure of database objects0.80text

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