{"id":1099,"date":"2022-08-28T14:56:15","date_gmt":"2022-08-28T14:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eeradata-platform.eu\/wordpress\/?page_id=1099"},"modified":"2023-02-17T23:21:32","modified_gmt":"2023-02-17T23:21:32","slug":"what-is-metadata","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eeradata-platform.eu\/platform\/?page_id=1099","title":{"rendered":"What is Metadata?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1099\" class=\"elementor elementor-1099\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2a0949f8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2a0949f8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-13e73a8d\" data-id=\"13e73a8d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86decae elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"86decae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.11.0 - 13-02-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-xxl\">What is metadata?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72def830 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"72def830\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.11.0 - 13-02-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><b>Metadata<\/b><strong> is &#8220;data that provides information about other data&#8221;.\u00a0<\/strong>Metadata does not contain the content of the data, such as the text of a message or the image itself <span style=\"color: #07516f; text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #07516f;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Metadata\">(see definition and history on Wikipedia)<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Types of metadata include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Descriptive metadata:\u00a0<\/b>The descriptive information about a resource. It is used for discovery and identification. It includes elements such as title, abstract, author, and keywords.<\/li>\n<li><b>Structural metadata:\u00a0<\/b>Metadata about containers of data and indicates how compound objects are put together, for example, how pages are ordered to form chapters. It describes the types, versions, relationships, and other characteristics of digital materials.<sup id=\"cite_ref-2\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><\/li>\n<li><b>Administrative metadata:\u00a0<\/b>The information to help manage a resource, like resource type, permissions, and when and how it was created.<\/li>\n<li><b>Reference metadata:\u00a0<\/b>Information about the contents and quality of statistical data.<\/li>\n<li><b>Statistical metadata: <\/b>Also called process data, may describe processes that collect, process, or produce statistical data.<\/li>\n<li><b>Legal metadata:\u00a0<\/b>Information about the creator, copyright holder, and public licensing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read more about:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #07516f; text-decoration-line: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #07516f;\" href=\"https:\/\/eeradata-platform.eu\/wiki\/index.php?title=Metadata\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Metadata on the EERAdata Wiki.<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #07516f; text-decoration-line: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #07516f;\" href=\"https:\/\/eeradata-platform.eu\/wordpress\/?page_id=1376\"><strong>Metadata standards<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #07516f; text-decoration-line: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #07516f;\" href=\"https:\/\/eeradata-platform.eu\/wiki\/index.php?title=Develop_semantic_model#Metadata.2C_References_on_metadata\"><strong>References on metadata<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>To create a machine-readable metadata file for your data object, go to the <span style=\"color: #07516f; text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #07516f;\" href=\"https:\/\/eeradata-platform.eu\/wordpress\/?page_id=2547\"><strong>EERAdata Metadata Creator<\/strong><\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/h4>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is metadata? 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