Chapter 15, Problem 8SA

Explanation of Solution

Meta-data:

• The data that would describe other data is termed as metadata.
• The different types of metadata includes:
  • Descriptive metadata:
    • It denotes a resource used for purposes such as discovery as well as identification.
    • It can include elements such as abstract, title, keywords as well as author.
  • Structural metadata:
    • It denotes data containers and indicates how compound objects are been kept together.
    • It describes versions, types, relationships as well as other characteristics of digital materials.
  • Administrative metadata:
    • It provides information for managing a resource.
    • It includes details of how resource was created, type, access details as well as other information.
  • Reference metadata:
    • It describes contents as well as quality of statistical data.
    • It includes the following:
      • Conceptual metadata that describes concepts as well as their practical implementation.
      • Methodological metadata that describes method used for data generation...