, nature, or use of information resources. [General Dictionaries] 
n., Data associated with either an information system or an information object for purposes of description, ad
ministration, legal
requirements, technical functionality, use and usage, and preservation. [General Dictionaries] 
n., Any file or database that holds information about a document, record, aggregation of records or another
database's structure, attributes, processing or changes. [Computer and Information Sciences] 
n.,
 A discrete 