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Definition
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Data about data. In data processing, metadata is definitional data providing information about or documentation of other data managed within an application or environment, for example, data about - data elements or attributes (name, size, data type, etc.),
- records or data structures (length, fields, columns, etc.) and
- data (where located, how associated, what ownership, and so on).
Metadata may include descriptive information about the context, quality and condition, or characteristics of the data.
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