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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Concept Breadcrumbs

Fields of Study > information science > information > metadata
Preferred Term:

metadata

Definition:
Metadata is data about data. In a database, metadata is the information, such as author, title, and journal title, that accompanies all entries.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Full
Broader Concept:
information
Related Concepts:
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/325664
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