meta-data definition data /me't*-day`t*/, or combinations of
/may'-/ or (Commonwealth) /mee'-/; /-dah`t*/ (Or "meta data")
Data about data . In data processing , meta-data is definitional
data that provides information about or documentation of other
data managed within an application or environment. For example,
meta-data would document data about data elements , (name, size,
data type, etc) and data about records or data structures
(length, fields, columns, etc) and data about data (where it is
located, how it is associated, ownership, etc.). Meta-data may
include descriptive information about the context, quality and
condition, or characteristics of the data. Not to be confused
with Metadata