Metadata
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* [http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130708/01453123733/anyone-brushing-off-nsa-surveillance-because-its-just-metadata-doesnt-know-what-metadata-is.shtml Anyone Brushing Off NSA Surveillance Because It's 'Just Metadata' Doesn't Know What Metadata Is] | * [http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130708/01453123733/anyone-brushing-off-nsa-surveillance-because-its-just-metadata-doesnt-know-what-metadata-is.shtml Anyone Brushing Off NSA Surveillance Because It's 'Just Metadata' Doesn't Know What Metadata Is] | ||
* [https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2013/09/metadata_equals.html Metadata Equals Surveillance] | * [https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2013/09/metadata_equals.html Metadata Equals Surveillance] | ||
| + | * [http://boingboing.net/2014/02/10/us-drones-could-be-killing-the.html US drones could be killing the wrong people because of metadata errors] | ||
* [http://blog.ironholds.org/art-as-data-as-art/ Art as data as art] | * [http://blog.ironholds.org/art-as-data-as-art/ Art as data as art] | ||
Revision as of 00:22, 11 February 2014
Metadata is extra non-critical information about the main contents of a file, or about the circumstances in which a file was created, etc.
Many, many formats contain data that could be considered to be metadata, but this page is only concerned with dedicated metadata formats which, for one reason or another, are best documented as separate formats.
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Metadata formats
- Exif
- Exif MakerNote
- FILE_ID.DIZ
- ID3
- Internet Archive metadata
- IPTC
- mtree
- Photoshop Image Resources
- SRR
- SRS
- Windows Shortcut
- XMP
Metadata subcategories in other formats
- Metadata formats related to archiving
- Metadata formats related to audio and music
- Metadata formats related to graphics
- Metadata formats related to video
