BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Metadata
- essential information on a document or Web page, such as publication date, author, keywords, title, and summary. This information is used by search engines to find relevant Web sites when a user requests a search.
When designing metadata, there are several rules to keep in mind. Always remember the type of person who will be looking for the content—how would they like the content classified? Only collect metadata that is genuinely useful—someone has to fill in all the metadata, and if you ask for too much, it will slow down the publishing process and make it more expensive. Make sure that all essential information is collected—if copyright information is needed, make certain that copyright is part of the metadata list. Check that people are not abusing metadata—some will put popular keywords in their metadata just to increase the chance of their documents coming up in a search, whether relevant or not. Remember that metadata should be strongly linked with advanced search—the metadata forms the parameters for refining an advanced search.
- See also Meta-tag
Wiktionary Definition for: Metadata
- Information about other information, normally for the purpose of classification.
Additional Resources
- Applying Metadata Technology in TV Production
- This paper begins by analyzing the tasks and roles within the broadcast industry and reviews the metadata generated and used at each stage in the broadcast workflow. This paper takes a pragmatic look at the generation and use of metadata within the broadcast field. The paper has used exposure to...
- White papers 2003-08-14
- Instance-Based Learning and Information Extraction for the Generation of Metadata
- Knowledge Management recently has become popular in enterprises hoping to achieve a competitive advantage. Describing information by metadata allows for performing detailed queries uniformly over information items from different information sources and enables goal-directed search and automatic provision of relevant information. As the manual acquisition of metadata is very costly,...
- White papers 2003-07-02
- Metadata in TV Production: Associating the TV Production Process With Relevant Technologies
- At each step in the production process the metadata to be collected and used has different characteristics. Possible metadata processing is listed for the major steps in TV production with an indication of the benefits and overheads at each point. Some of the metadata formats that are suitable and optimized...
- White papers 2002-06-28
- Metadata Management for Enterprise Applications
- Any requirement for access to Enterprise Application data will require an understanding of the data structures. Saphir is a simple but powerful Windows-based tool that makes the exploration and utilisation of Enterprise Application metadata practical. This paper describes why metadata management is an issue, why it is important to manage...
- White papers 2004-09-01
- Synchronized MPEG-7 Metadata Broadcasting Over DVB Networks in an MHP Application Framework
- As MPEG-7 gets extended, DVB systems find the need to transport metadata over MPEG-2. This paper gives a view of a real implementation in an MHP application framework of the amendment ISO/IEC 13818-1:2000/Final Draft Amendment FDAM 1, which standardizes the carriage of MPEG-7 metadata over MPEG-2. The paper focuses mainly...
- White papers 2003-08-14
- Quality in Africa: in the second of a 3-part series, Sina Ayanlade explores the question of data quality in Sub-Saharan Africa and the roles of metadata and the Global Positioning System.
- Metadata--data about data--metadata--are very important. Metadata allows us to understand the origin of the data, its geometric characteristics, its attributes, and what type of cartographic, digital image processing, or modeling has already been app Metadata--data about data--metadata--are very important. Metadata allows us to understand the...
- Research articles 2007-06-01
- Extracting Value From Your Metadata With MXF and XML
- Within the context of modern media content production and distribution, the fundamental requirements for automated Metadata systems have become well understood and the benefits that the integrated flow of Metadata can bring to the production and distribution chains are now obvious. This paper focuses on design approaches that can leverage...
- White papers 2003-08-14
- Sharing its experience with other council members; SAS Institute Joins MetaData Coalition
- CARY, N.C.--BUSINESS WIRE--Jan. 4, 1996--SAS Institute today announced its membership to the MetaData Coalition, an industry association formed to develop standards for synchronizing and accessing metadata in data warehouse environments.
- Research articles 1996-01-04
- Government: e-GMS (e-Government Metadata Standard) Government
- Metadata is information about information, but more usually it is a selection of useful information about a document, usually electronic, within that document itself. This report focuses on the e-GMS, which means the electronic Government Metadata Standard - the description of how and where metadata must be applied. The report...
- White papers 2003-03-01
- Metadata Efficiency in Versioning File Systems
- This paper examines two space-efficient metadata structures for versioning file systems and describes their integration into the Comprehensive Versioning File System CVFS, which keeps all versions of all files. Journal-based metadata encodes each metadata version into a single journal entry; CVFS uses this structure for inodes and indirect blocks, reducing...
- White papers 2003-09-18
- Acta Introduces MetaShare Packaged Metadata Integration; Open Metadata Architecture extended to support leading BI/OLAP tools from Hyperion and Brio
- PALO ALTO, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Aug. 9, 1999--
- Research articles 1999-08-09
- Business Objects and Prism Solutions Partner for Seamless Integration of a Single Metadata Warehouse; Partnership Aimed at Providing Effective Data Warehouse Access and Rapid Implementation by Allowing Users to Easily Link and Share Metadata
- SANTA CLARA, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--June 12, 1996--Business Objects (NASDAQ:BOBJY), the world's leading provider of integrated query, reporting, and online analytical processing OLAP tools, today announced that it will enhance its partnership with Prism Solutions, Inc. by delivering an integrated warehouse metadata solution that provides a link between BusinessObjects and metadata within...
- Research articles 1996-06-12
- Adobe and IPTC Collaborate on the Implementation of Metadata Standards for News Organizations
- SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Open Source Adobe XMP Improves Metadata Flexibility and Accessibility for Photographers and Media Groups
- Research articles 2004-06-21
- Brio Technology Announces Support For Informatica's MX Architecture; BrioQuery Enterprise's Open Metadata Interpreter Provides Direct, Dynamic Access to Informatica's New Metadata Exchange Architecture
- PALO ALTO, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Feb. 24, 1997--Brio Technology, the leader in business intelligence solutions for the enterprise, today announced its support of Informatica's new Metadata Exchange MX architecture.
- Research articles 1997-02-24
- Share the wealth: metadata streamlines public TV content systems.(Technology)
- This month, public TV and radio stations will launch a new metadata dictionary, making it easier for them to share, find and broadcast content. Metadata, a digital version of the barcode, can be attached to a video file and accessed at the click of ...
- Research articles 2004-08-30
- Widen Integrates Adobe® XMP for Advanced Metadata Support
- MADISON, Wis. -- Widen recently announced the integration of Adobe[R] XMP technology into their suite of digital asset management services. Integration of Adobe XMP will enable Widen digital asset management to ingest digital assets with embedded metadata upon upload for the dynamic population of metadata fields. This functionality will allow...
- Research articles 2007-07-31
- Metadata in electronic documents OK to use in court, ABA rules.(LAW)(American Bar Association)(Brief article)
- Attorneys receiving electronic documents are free to use so-called "metadata" and other information embedded in those documents, the American Bar Association has ruled. The ABA said metadata includes such information as the last date and Attorneys receiving electronic documents are free to use...
- Research articles 2006-11-20
- Ardent Software to Participate in MicroStrategy's ETL Metadata Integration Program; New Integration Provides Seamless View of Enterprise Metadata
- WESTBORO, Mass.--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 21, 1998--Ardent Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARDT), a global data management company and leading provider of data warehouse development tools, today announced that it will support MicroStrategy Incorporated's new Metadata Extraction Transformation Loading ETL Program which has been introduced in conjunction with DSS Agent 5.5, MicroStrategy's advanced ROLAP interface...
- Research articles 1998-09-21
- Legal Metadata, Open Content Distribution and Collecting Societies
- This paper describes the economic impact of legal metadata and open content in information society. The paper also analyses the challenges that individual digital open licensing poses to collecting societies. The paper first defines open content and the meaning of legal metadata. It then concentrates to the economics of open...
- White papers 2004-12-16
- Embarcadero Technologies and Meta Integration Technology Partner to Deliver Data Model-Driven Metadata Integration Solution
- SAN FRANCISCO -- Embarcadero ER/Studio MetaWizardTM Extends Data Models to Solve Complex Metadata Integration Needs with New Interfaces for Leading Business Intelligence Tools
- Research articles 2005-07-11
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