noun · academic
metadata
/ˈmɛtədəˌdeɪtə/MET·a·data
data that provides information about other data, such as author, date created, file size
Examples
“Journalists examined the metadata of the leaked document to verify its origin.”
“Photos often contain metadata showing when and where they were taken.”
“Properly managed metadata makes large databases much easier to search.”
Band 8 sentence
“Effective archiving relies on rich metadata to ensure documents remain discoverable decades later.”
Collocations
- image metadata
- embedded metadata
- metadata fields
Word family
Common mistakes
data about data→metadata
meta data (two words)→metadata
Say it for a higher band
5data about data→6file information→7+metadata
Synonyms
data about data
Easily confused
tag
“The photo's metadata showed the date, while the user-added tag described the event.”
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