Answer / sundar

It nothing but data about data.It contains infotmation
about the relational databse.

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)

Answer / naveen

It is repository where we can store the metadata.

Answer / naresh

Metadata describes the data and other structures like
objects, business rules, process, etc.

Answer / lokii

In informatica meta data means the objects of repository.

Which are source,target,.........

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.

can we import source table without using source qualifier? if yes then how? if no then why?

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1 Answers  

when will we use unconnected & connected lookup? How it will effect on the performance of mapping?

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