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The
simplest definition of metadata is "data about data."
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Metadata
is data describing data, detailing its use
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throughout
the enterprise. While this is obviously critical
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to
the input and dissemination of captured data,
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metadata
historically has been relegated to a secondary
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place
in an enterprise.
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Previously,
MS Word or Excel mapping documents
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provided
the only real ‘link’ to the data that is used to
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process
enterprise applications. Since this delivery
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method
was maintained separately from the ‘source’
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data,
data could have been outdated or discordant within
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a
very short period.
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