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PREFERRED TERM

metadata  

DEFINITION(S)

  • Information which enables the standardised description of data or digital documents (e.g. a digital photo’s date and GPS coordinates). The quality of metadata ensures sharing and the possibility to reuse data. (French Ministry of Higher Education and Research. "Glossary”. Ouvrir la Science. Available at https://www.ouvrirlascience.fr/category/open-science/glossary (Accessed on 8 Nov 2024))
  • Machine-readable data that describes content, context and structure of resources and their management over time.

BROADER CONCEPT(S)

SYNONYM(S)

  • metadata

NOTE

  • D4.2 IPSP Toolsuite. https://zenodo.org/records/14001342

SCOPE NOTE(S)

  • In the context of scholarly publishing, metadata are pieces of information that describe published outputs (articles, books, journals, etc.), the authors and their organizations.

CONTRIBUTOR

  • ALMASI

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/TSO-VF5K6BGT-F

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