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The figure shows that metadata can reside on:
A document
In a file directory
In a database repository.
As an example of metadata residing in a document, consider the job
application form shown in Figure 1.14. The business metadata resides on the
form itself.
Now consider a database management system (DBMS). Data resides in the
DBMS. The internals of the DBMS contain system tables that have all of the
specifications and structures about the data, such as column information, data
types, indexes, and primary and foreign keys. Even though these system tables
reside within the DBMS, they are still separate from the data.
In some cases, organizations ...