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Metadata

Metadata is structured information that describes, explains, locates, or otherwise makes it easier to retrieve, use, or manage an information resource. Metadata is often called data about data or information about information.

- National Information Standards Organization (http://www.niso.org/publications/press/UnderstandingMetadata.pdf)

As detailed in Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metadata), metadata is classified into three:

• Descriptive metadata: information/data for a resource making it possible for discovery and identification falls under this category of metadata
• Structural metadata: information/data of a container that describes how compound objects inside is composed or build or put together
• Administrative metadata ...