"I'm sure that the metadata from abbott's phone calls are fascinating and I 'm sure the journalist knows exactly what he's talking about... Abbott on the other hand ??
Therein is displayed that appreciation of metadata is not forthcoming , also by the journalist who does not know what he is talking about when he insinuates that the process has only been used within the Internet era, because metadata has been around well before the Internet and even telephones.
"Metadata has existed for centuries. Card catalogs and handwritten indexes are examples long before the electronic age"
- The definition of metadata is information about other information.
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A3 observed apropos metadata understanding: "Not sure Aboutface does either - he calls it data about data.
Oh gosh HE was sure, and correct
"metadata" refers to data which relates to one or more information resources, supporting their discovery or management"
Wright was wrong, but at least he is not lonely.
