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metadata
metadata n. 
/ˈmɛtəˌdɑːtə/, /ˈmɛdəˌdeɪdə/ data whose purpose is to describe and give information about other data.
Brit. /ˈmɛtəˌdeɪtə/
, /ˈmɛtəˌdeɪtə//ˈmɛtəˌdɑːtə/U.S. /ˈmɛdəˌdædə/
, /ˈmɛdəˌdædə//ˈmɛdəˌdeɪdə/ΚΠ
1968 P. R. Bagley Extension Programming Lang. Concepts (Univ. City Sci. Center Philadelphia) 26 A second data element..represents data ‘about’ the first data element. This second data element we might term a ‘metadata element’. Examples of such metadata elements are: an identifier, a domain ‘prescriptor’ [etc.].
1977 ACM SIGMOD Rec. Dec. 10/1 A simple inquiry of the data dictionary can show what metadata (that is, data about data and functions) remains to be collected.
1987 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) A. 322 373 The challenge is to accumulate data..from diverse sources, convert it to machine-readable form with a harmonized array of metadata descriptors and present the resulting database(s) to the user.
1998 New Scientist 30 May 35/2 With XML, attaching metadata to a document is easy, at least in theory.
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