How should agencies describe their data assets?
Establishing a common metadata vocabulary is critical to effective communication and to allow us to share our information with others. Metadata provides potential users of the data a better understanding of the data – how it was collected, its purpose and use, and definitions for data it contains. This document helps ensure that agencies publishing data are completing metadata in a consistent manner.
| Program Area | Transparency
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| Topic(s) | Open Data, Metadata
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