Metadata is data that describes other data. By summarizing basic information about other data, which is usually kept inside a big database, metadata makes it easier to understand, find, and work with ...

Metadata is a term for data that describes the attributes of another set of data. Metadata can determine much of what you encounter online.

How every individual’s attention to detail drives accuracy, efficiency, and fair compensation across the music landscape. The following was created in collaboration with Equalizer Consulting. Many who ...

UFZ researchers have now built up a new metadata database for terrestrial metagenomes with over 15,000 datasets, which is intended to make work easier for scientists.

In a new court filing, the Department of Justice revealed that it kept a secret database of telephone metadata—with one party in the United States and another abroad—that ended in 2013. The ...

Fivetran introduces API to send valuable metadata from data pipelines into data catalogs, improving data governance, compliance, and privacy.

Good data quality starts with metadata-and the importance of quality data cannot be overstated. Poor data quality costs the typical company between 10% and 20% of their revenue. In addition, high ...

The word “metadata” achieved buzzword status in 2013. That’s when whistleblower Edward Snowden leaked documents exposing a National Security Agency program that collected telephone metadata ...