It can be created for nay data or information resource and is routinely used to describe or provide functional information for all types of digital data.
Metadata is of paramount importance for persons, organizations and endeavors of every dimension that are increasingly turning to the World Wide Web.
It facilitates discovery of relevant information, helps in organizing electronic resources, facilitates interoperability and legacy, resource integration, provide digital identification and support archiving and preservation.
Metadata is used in traditional database management system such as relational database systems to store information on the size, structure, location, modification dates and number of tables in the database system.
What is metadata?
