"Metadata (or metainformation) is 'data that provides information about other data', but not the content of the data itself..."
Information that describes a resource's characteristics, including author, title, subject, and physical format.
"It is used for discovery and identification."
"It includes elements such as title, abstract, author, and keywords."
"It describes the types, versions, relationships, and other characteristics of digital materials."
"It provides information to help manage a resource, like resource type, permissions, and when and how it was created."
"It provides information about the contents and quality of statistical data."
"Statistical metadata is also called process data..."
"It provides information about the creator, copyright holder, and public licensing, if provided."
"Metadata is not strictly bound to one of these categories..."
"[Metadata] provides information about other data, but not the content of the data itself..."
"The main types of metadata include descriptive metadata, structural metadata, administrative metadata, reference metadata, statistical metadata, and legal metadata."
"Descriptive metadata is used for discovery and identification."
"Yes, structural metadata indicates how compound objects are put together, for example, how pages are ordered to form chapters."
"Administrative metadata includes information to help manage a resource, like resource type, permissions, and when and how it was created."
"Reference metadata describes the information about the contents and quality of statistical data."
"[Statistical metadata] may describe processes that collect, process, or produce statistical data."
"Yes, legal metadata provides information about the copyright holder."
"Legal metadata provides information about the copyright holder..."
"Yes, descriptive metadata is used for discovery and identification."
"Metadata can describe a piece of data in many other ways."