Metadata is a term for data that describes the attributes of another set of data. Metadata can determine much of what you encounter online.

DuckDB can serve as the dedicated metadata database, but so can PostgreSQL, SQLite and MySQL, giving users choice.

Database Publisher To Launch Comprehensive Metadata Resource By Scott Aronowitz 04/27/09 ##AUTHORSPLIT##<---> Seeking to give libraries and their patrons the ultimate launching pad for online research ...

Gracenote on Thursday rolled out its first update under new owner Nielsen, which bought it for $560 million in December. The offering is an entertainment database that combines its video, music and ...

In the process, the researchers have created a DNA-based image-storage system that is somewhere between a file system and a metadata-based database. The problems ...