2  definitions  found 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  meta-data 
 
    /me't*-day`t*/,  or  combinations  of  /may'-/  or 
  (Commonwealth)  /mee'-/;  /-dah`t*/  (Or  "meta  data")  Data  about 
  {data}.  In  {data  processing},  meta-data  is  definitional  data 
  that  provides  information  about  or  documentation  of  other  data 
  managed  within  an  application  or  environment. 
 
  For  example,  meta  data  would  document  data  about  {data 
  elements}  or  {attributes},  (name,  size,  data  type  etc)  and 
  data  about  {records}  or  {data  structures}  (length,  fields, 
  columns,  etc)  and  data  about  data  (where  it  is  located,  how  it 
  is  associated,  ownership,  etc.).  Meta  data  may  include 
  descriptive  information  about  the  context,  quality  and 
  condition,  or  characteristics  of  the  data. 
 
  Not  to  be  confused  with  {Metadata}. 
 
  (1997-04-06) 
 
 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  Metadata 
 
    (Note:  One  unhyphenated  word  with  initial  capital; 
  contrast  {meta  data})  A  word  coined  by  Jack  E.  Myers  to 
  represent  current  and  future  lines  of  products  implementing 
  the  concepts  of  his  {MetaModel},  and  also  to  designate  his 
  company  {The  Metadata  Company}  that  would  develop  and  market 
  those  products. 
 
  A  data  and  publication  search  performed  when  Myers  coined  the 
  term,  early  in  the  summer  of  1969,  did  not  discover  any  use 
  either  of  the  word  metadata"  or  "meta  data".  Myers  used  the 
  term  in  a  1973  product  brochure  and  it  is  an  Incontestable 
  registered  U.S.  Trademark. 
 
  (1997-04-06) 
 
 

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