What is meta-data and what is its relevance to databases.
Metadata is a set a data that gives more details information about data like length, type, and/or description. Metadata is important in the database design because it creates benefits in three key areas. The benefits metadata can create in three main areas are:
“it can extend data longevity, facilitate data reuse and sharing, and maintaining historical records for long-term data sets, making up for inconsistencies that can occur in documenting data, personnel and methods” (Bisk, 2017).
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