What is metadata?

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If you think about metadata in terms of something less generic than data it might help. Imagine a book...

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What are the best programs for editing and managing metadata bwf and mp3 files?

There is no definitive standard patterns and each application shows part of the information and each in its own way. On the other hand there are metadata editors that let you edit metadata but this information is not associated with the audio file if...

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Tag&Rename and Mp3tag are the best for tagging MP3 files IMO. The second is a freeware. For BWF...

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It is descriptive information about a given set of data. Usually specifies things like the format, meaning...

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What are effective ways for recommendation engines to deal with totally novel but potentially important content for which you have no metadata?

Say you have an algorithm for recommending upcoming content for live TV. This works great for regular, recurring content like TV shows or sports. But say this were 1969 and the moon landing was about to be broadcast. Obviously, this is a very important...

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If you do not have any metadata about the show itself in terms of how many people viewed it in the past...

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What academic reference management tools provide successful automatic metadata extraction from a collection of PDF files?

It seems like it shouldn't be hard to detect the title of each file and look up the metadata online automatically, but I haven't yet encountered a tool that does this robustly for computer science papers. This is a follow-up question to What's the best...

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PDF files do generally not contain the meta data needed to create the correct output as required by...

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What is metadata?

how metadata helps business analyst?

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Meta data is data about data, not the data itself. Not sure about your second question.

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What is the best way to back-up itunes library so it can be transferred with metadata on a Mac?

I need to back-up my itunes library so that i can format/wipe my hard drive and reinstall it with the same play counts, ratings, playlists ect. (metadata) but everything I have come across has been typically for PC to Mac but I need a Mac to Mac way...

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Your iTunes Libraries are saved in your home directory\Music\iTunes\iTunes Music directory. mp3 files...

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What methods or mechanisms exist to securely encrypt messaging metadata?

A method used so that an electronic message still reaches the targeted recipient but the message metadata (such as sender, subject, date, etc.) can only be viewed by the recipient (and no provider in between).

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Since the Metadata is there to tell the system where to send the message, you can only avoid it by sending...

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Typography: What is the best way to edit a font's metadata on a mac?

I have this font family that will not load all the weights because the metadata is wrong. Is there an easy way to edit this information so once fixed the applications can display the whole family?

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Most likely the cheapest and easiest route is to contact the font maker. If that doesn't work or is...

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What is the best method for editing/managing metadata of digital photos?

I am scanning a lot of old photos/slides/negatives, and would like to add the year the photo was taken, 'people' tags, the location, and the physical place the photo is stored. What is the best way to add this data, and then search by it? Edit: Additionally...

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You can also manage all of these tasks in Lightroom. As the images are imported, you can have all of...

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