| Meta-data |
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| • | Data
about data. |
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| • | For
example, meta-data would document data |
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| about
data elements or attributes, (name, size, data |
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| type,
etc) and data about records or data structures |
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| (length,
fields, columns, etc) and data about data |
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| (where
it is located, how it is associated, |
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| ownership,
etc.). Meta-data may include |
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| descriptive
information about the context, quality |
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| and
condition, or characteristics of the data. |
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