Mars Inc. is a privately held company that produces some of the world's leading confectionery, food, pet care, beverage, electronics products, and now health food, and operates in more than 65 countries.
Metadata is a description or definition of electronic data, or data about data. Often, metadata can only be accessed in certain viewing modes. Metadata can include descriptive HTML tags (see Meta Tag) and information about when a document was created, and what changes have been made on that document.
Meta is a prefix that in most information technology usages means an underlying definition or description.. Metadata summarizes basic information about data, which can make finding and working with particular instances of data easier.For example, author, date created and date modified and file size are examples of very basic document metadata.Having the abilty to filter through that metadata makes it much easier for someone to locate a specific document. In addition to document files, metadata is used for images, videos, spreadsheets and web pages.etadata can be created manually, or by automated information processing. Manual creation tends to be more accurate, allowing the user to input any information they feel is relevant or needed to help describe the file.