PROGRESS ASSESSMENT

LYNDEL VANESSE OSEO

BSCS BLOCK 1

1. Describe the difference of data and metadata

Metadata is a form of data that describes other data. Metadata provides meaningful
information about data, which can be a set of facts, a collection of photos, a string of
words, a description of something, and so on. Data might be "raw" or unprocessed, and
understanding and using it may necessitate additional technology, software, or
documentation. Metadata, on the other hand, is always being processed, is usually
understood by both humans and machines, and is only created for a specific reason
(such as organizing materials in a catalog or searching and retrieving resources in a
database).

2. List three examples of data and metadata, discuss each example.

Photo
Every time you take a photo with today's cameras a bunch of metadata is gathered and
saved with it: The date and time, filename, camera settings, and geo location.

Email
Every email you send or receive has a number of metadata fields, many of which are
hidden in the message header and not visible to you in your mail client. This metadata
includes: subject, from, to, date and time sent, sending and receiving server names and
IPs, format (plain text of HTLM), anti-spam software details.

Word Document
Every word processing software collects some standard metadata and enables you to
add your own fields for each document. Typical fields are: title, subject, author,
company, status, creation date and time, last modification date and time, number of
pages.