RE: MS49 - possible definition of "metadata"?

Hi Cherie,

Thanks for the useful text. I have checked through ATAG 2.0 and I think we always use the term in the second sense: " File description metadata"

I wonder if a definition is really necessary since the SC referred to by MS49 doesn't appear to use the term in a different or confusing way and the existence of Evaluation and Repair Language (EARL) provides a straightforward implementation technique.

"
B.3.1.5 Metadata Production: Authors have the option of associating accessibility checking results with the web content as metadata. (Level AA) 
Note: The metadata format that is implemented will dictate the nature of the associated results (e.g. specific check results, summary conformance claims, etc.)
"

Cheers,
Jan



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> -----Original Message-----
> From: w3c-wai-au-request@w3.org [mailto:w3c-wai-au-request@w3.org] On
> Behalf Of Cherie Ekholm
> Sent: June 6, 2011 12:30 PM
> To: Roberto Scano - IWA/HWG; 'Boland Jr, Frederick E.'; w3c-wai-
> au@w3.org
> Subject: RE: MS49 - possible definition of "metadata"?
> 
> Neither of these seems complete for an authoring tool. Here's some text
> I swiped from a document written recently by a colleague to explain
> metadata to federal judges:
> 
> Q.  What is Metadata?
> A.  Strictly defined, metadata is data about data.  There are two broad
> views of metadata and both share the common characteristic that it is
> information associated with a file that does not get printed or
> displayed.  Most technical definitions do not make a distinction
> between types of metadata but we do here to give a better picture of
> where it comes from and how it is removed from a document. This is done
> to help understand the threat of inadvertent exposure of deleted or
> discarded information associated with a file.
> 
> There are two types of metadata that are pertinent to us, revision
> metadata and file description metadata. Revision metadata is a
> transitory form of metadata that helps in the editing of a document.
> The user sees this data when reversing an edit or other change by using
> the undo command. This command is activated by clicking on the
> counterclockwise arrow or by typing Control + Z.  Revision metadata
> remains available until the document is saved using the save as
> command, but is not necessarily removed when using the save command.
> File description metadata helps to manage the file and includes but is
> not limited to document summary, headers, footers, hyperlinks, OLE
> object information, and routing slip information. It is important to
> note that both types of metadata vary among software applications.
> 
> Cherie
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: w3c-wai-au-request@w3.org [mailto:w3c-wai-au-request@w3.org] On
> Behalf Of Roberto Scano - IWA/HWG
> Sent: Monday, June 06, 2011 8:05 AM
> To: 'Boland Jr, Frederick E.'; w3c-wai-au@w3.org
> Subject: R: MS49 - possible definition of "metadata"?
> 
> Why don't refer to W3C definition?
> 
> http://www.w3.org/Metadata/
> 
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> 
> -----Messaggio originale-----
> Da: w3c-wai-au-request@w3.org [mailto:w3c-wai-au-request@w3.org] Per
> conto di Boland Jr, Frederick E.
> Inviato: luned́ 6 giugno 2011 15:13
> A: w3c-wai-au@w3.org
> Oggetto: MS49 - possible definition of "metadata"?
> 
> For MS49 definition of "metadata" is needed.  Following is a possible
> definition?:
> http://www.techterms.com/definition/metadata
> 
> Thanks and best wishes
> Tim Boland NIST
> 
> 
> 
> 
>

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