Defining Metadata
If you've been working through the lessons in order, you will have come across the term metadata a number of times and already have a basic understanding of what it is and why it's important in a SharePoint environment. If this topic is a complete mystery to you, and you have come to this lesson to specifically learn more about it, this lesson gives an overview that will help clarify the topic.
The SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Administrator's Guide provides the following definition for metadata:
“Data about data. For example, the title, subject, author, and size of a file constitute metadata about the file.”
All documents have metadata attached to them, regardless of whether SharePoint is in use, that most network users will ...
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