The Mysteries (and Magic) of Metadata
- Posted by Geoffrey G. Gussis on February 8th, 2006
- Filed in Risk Management & Compliance
Don’t know anything about metadata? Think it is something you heard while watching Tron years ago? Well, get yourself up to speed before you or someone in your department gets your company into big trouble:
"Metadata is, simply put, data about data. To look at some of the metadata in one of your documents, simple click File, then Properties. So when you look at the revision history of a document or check the word count of an article you are writing for publication, you are looking at metadata. So metadata is a useful thing when you are working on your own document, but it can present a problem when you e-mail that document to opposing counsel or other third parties. Deleted comments and prior drafts can be viewed by the recipient, to a greater or lesser extent, depending on the tools that are used. Dan Pinnington’s superb article on metadata lists many types of metadata."
Link: Jim Calloway’s Law Practice Tips Blog: The Mysteries (and Magic) of Metadata.
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