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{{Definition|'''Meta data''' is ''definitional data'' that provides information about or documentation of other data managed within an application or environment. Meta data may include descriptive information about the context, quality and condition, or characteristics of the data.}} | {{Definition|'''Meta data''' is ''definitional data'' that provides information about or documentation of other data managed within an application or environment. Meta data may include descriptive information about the context, quality and condition, or characteristics of the data.}} | ||
{{Quotation|[...] the sum total of what one can say about any information object at any level of aggregation. [...] In general all information objects, regardless of the physical or intellectual form they take, have three features - content, context, and structure - all of which can be reflected through metadata.|[Baca, 2000]}} | |||
== References == | |||
*[Baca, 2000]: Murtha Baca, ''Introduction to Metadata'', Getty Research Institute, 2000. | |||
[[Category: Glossary]] | [[Category: Glossary]] | ||
Revision as of 20:10, 19 June 2005
Meta data is definitional data that provides information about or documentation of other data managed within an application or environment. Meta data may include descriptive information about the context, quality and condition, or characteristics of the data.
[...] the sum total of what one can say about any information object at any level of aggregation. [...] In general all information objects, regardless of the physical or intellectual form they take, have three features - content, context, and structure - all of which can be reflected through metadata.
[Baca, 2000]
References
- [Baca, 2000]: Murtha Baca, Introduction to Metadata, Getty Research Institute, 2000.