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[[Information]] ''about'' [[information]]. For example, if news in a newsletter is the ''primary'' data, the newsletter’s size, its author, its recipients, its publication date, the date it is read — these are all [[metadata|''meta''data]].  
[[Information]] ''about'' [[information]]. For example, if news in a newsletter is the ''primary'' data, the newsletter’s size, its author, its recipients, its publication date, the date it is read — these are all [[metadata|''meta''data]].  


A rich, underused, resource.
A rich, underused, resource. There is a long essay on the benefits of [[metadata]] over [[folders]] in our [[SharePoint]] essay.


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metadata
/ˈmɛtədeɪtə/ (n.)

Information about information. For example, if news in a newsletter is the primary data, the newsletter’s size, its author, its recipients, its publication date, the date it is read — these are all metadata.

A rich, underused, resource. There is a long essay on the benefits of metadata over folders in our SharePoint essay.

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