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Re: "thou shalt not conflate meta-data with data"

From: DA Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu>
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 19:41:31 -0800
Message-ID: <1109561921.791688@yasure> 





Neo wrote:

>>Is this conflating metadata with data?




> 

> 

> What is the fundamental distinction between metadata and data?




Metadata is data about data.


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Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
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