Metadata is a term for data that describes the attributes of another set of data. Metadata can determine much of what you encounter online, from the top search results returned in Google to the ...

To make reams of information useful, businesses need to find, organize and compare it. That’s where metadata management comes in. Jennifer Zaino is a New York-based freelance writer specializing in ...

For legal and recordkeeping compliance, understanding and capturing metadata of your organization's online presence is essential. Metadata, in the context of websites and social media activity, is a ...

Hidden metadata provides useful file information, but it could also endanger the privacy of your clients or employees. Microsoft Word's metadata, or document properties, stores details about files.

Jeff Werner is a software engineer and has been writing this column since 2007. Question: I’m at my wits’ end! No search strategy has yielded success. I have 20 files that comprise an audiobook. In ...

From the Spring 2011 issue of The News Media & The Law, page 17. A federal court in New York… From the Spring 2011 issue of The News Media & The Law, page 17. A federal court in New York City ruled in ...