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Metadata

nounid 4972·updated May 18, 2026
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Metadata is data that defines and describes other data.

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Classifications

Entity Type

Data92%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Metadatas
possessive
Metadata's
pluralpossessive
Metadatas'

Framework definitions

Systems and software engineering —Vocabulary1 senseview framework →
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Data that describe other data.
Glossary of Statistical Terms1 senseview framework →
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Metadata is data that defines and describes other data.
Wordset Dictionary1 senseview framework →
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data about data
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
Metadata is data that defines and describes other data.
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

Outgoing relationships

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Incoming relationships

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