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Subject:Re: Suggestion on wording From:"Meek, DavidX L" <davidx -dot- l -dot- meek -at- INTEL -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 19 Jan 1999 13:20:57 -0800
Kimberly:
If it's any help at all, my "Windows NT Server 4: Professional Reference"
(1996) uses "metadata" when discussing file system information. The word,
however, may be one of those new constructions having an as-yet unsettled
form.
-Dave
"On a geological timescale, I'm living the fast life."
(Any statements made above are mine, and mine alone.)
-----Original Message-----
From: Kimberly Sharp [mailto:ksharp -at- HOUSTON -dot- GEOQUEST -dot- SLB -dot- COM]
Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 1999 1:12 PM
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Subject: Suggestion on wording
Hi everyone,
I've come across the use of a term in several manuals that I'm working
on that I have not seen in common use before. The term is written as
"metadata", "meta data" or "meta-data" in these manuals, and is supposed
to mean "information about information". Does anyone have thoughts or
suggestions as to which form of the word is correct? TIA for your help
:-)
