Question

Descriptive information (e.g., title, author, subjects covered, location as a webpage) about an information resource in an information system is called? Group of answer choices
A) Metadata
B) Syntax
C) Faceted classification
D) Descriptors

Answer 1

Answer:

A) Metadata

Explanation:

Metadata is information about data. call it data about data if you like and it could be descriptive, structural, statistical or administrative, the aim is to provide further information about a particular data element for example in descriptive meta data which is useful for discovery and identification as it provides futher information such as title, keywords, authur and abstract.