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Businesses must learn to manage their metadata to ensure accuracy and avoid errors. Everyone knows we depend on making the right decisions as well as boosting productivity. That’s why most businesses use metadata management tools to ensure that they handle their data repository. There are several tools for enterprise metadata management, and if you think it costs a fortune, you can check out the various open-source metadata management tools. If you’re unsure about which metadata management tools to use in managing your data, just go through our list below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Is Metadata?<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Metadata is simply information about data. That’s a bit complicated, right? I know. However, that’s really all that metadata is all about: providing information about other data. A better definition is that metadata is deliberate, structured data that gives details about other data. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Metadata assists users in finding the data they require by viewing an inventory of available data and assessing the data’s suitability for intended uses. Metadata is defined as “information that describes various aspects of an organization’s information asset in order to improve its usability across its life cycle.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Are The Types Of Metadata?<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Generally, we place metadata in categories. These categories are also seen as types of metadata. The following are the types of metadata;<\/p>\n\n\n\n