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

From: Neo <neo55592_at_hotmail.com>
Date: 28 Feb 2005 11:30:59 -0800
Message-ID: <1109619059.070731.107870@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> 





>>>Is this conflating metadata with data?

>>

>> What is the fundamental distinction between metadata and data?

>

> Metadata is data about data.




If a db stores a person named john who is male. Is the name john
metadata since it is data about data (the person)? Is the gender male
metadata since it is data about data (the person)?
Received on Mon Feb 28 2005 - 13:30:59 CST












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