what is metadata?
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Answer / sundar
It nothing but data about data.It contains infotmation
about the relational databse.
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Answer / pradeep
metadata is nothing other than data about data. the data
about data means the structure of the data.
for example in oracle when we use the command
sql> desc <table name>;
here u can find the description of a table that's the meta
data of a table.
(any new answer welcome)
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Answer / naveen
It is repository where we can store the metadata.
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Answer / naresh
Metadata describes the data and other structures like
objects, business rules, process, etc.
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Answer / lokii
In informatica meta data means the objects of repository.
Which are source,target,.........
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Answer / kirti
Metadata is machine-readable information about a resource, or ""data about data."" Such information might include details on content, format, size, or other characteristics of a data
source. In .NET, metadata includes type definitions, version information, external assembly references, and other standardized information.
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