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== Definition ==
== Definition ==


From the [[Wikipedia:Metadata]]: '''Metadata''' (Greek: meta- + Latin: data "information"), literally "data about data", are information about another set of data.
From the [[Wikipedia:Metadata]]: '''Metadata''' (Greek: meta- + Latin: data "information"), literally "data about data", are information about another set of data.


== Standards ==
== Standards of interest to education ==


* [[Dublin core]]
* [[Dublin core]]
* [[Learning Object Metadata Standard]]
* [[Learning Object Metadata Standard]]
 
* Library standards such as MARC
* Bibliographic Citation standards like APA
* Information Space standards such as Topic Maps or [[RSS]]


== References ==
== References ==

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Definition

From the Wikipedia:Metadata: Metadata (Greek: meta- + Latin: data "information"), literally "data about data", are information about another set of data.

Standards of interest to education

References