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The simplest form of editing metadata in preparation for entrance into an

enterprise repository is to remove data. Figure 7.3 shows an example of data

that is removed as it passes out of the source.

One way to remove unwanted data from the metadata being prepared for the

repository is to remove it manually with a text editor. But a more sophisticated

way to accomplish this task is to use a “stop words” list. A stop word list is a list

of all the words, phrases, and symbols that need to be removed. These lists are

described in more detail in Chapter 12 on Unstructured Business Metadata.

The stop word list typically contains words such as “