Tech Report Metadata

CNM Cyber suites

Tech Report Metadata (hereinafter, the Lectio) is the lesson part of Technical Report Essentials lesson that introduces its participants to technical report concepts. This lesson belongs to the CNMCT Entrance section of the CNM Cyber Placement.

Content

The predecessor lectio is What Tech Report Is.

Script

With regard to reports, metadata is data about report content. The ANSI/NISO Scientific and Technical Reports standard defines three categories of the metadata associated with technical reports.

Descriptive metadata is the data that helps the user find a report and distinguish it from other similar ones. The descriptive data can be further divided in discovery and historical metadata. Report's title, creator, publisher, date of creation, and language are examples of the discovery metadata. The historical metadata provides historical data on any operations with the content data such as its creation, storage, modification, verification, and/or validation.

Structural metadata is the data that explains the relationship between parts of multipart objects and enhance internal navigation. Report's table of contents, list of figures and tables, glossary, and document index are examples of the structural metadata.

Administrative metadata is the data that supports maintaining and archiving reports and ensure their long-term availability. The administrative data can be further divided in legal, distribution, and technical metadata.

   Such metadata include type and version of software used in preparing the report and rights-management requirements.

Legal metadata

   Main wikipage: Legal metadata

   Legal metadata. Metadata that provides data about intellectual property of the primary data and legal rights of its usage.

Technical metadata

   Main wikipage: Technical metadata

   Technical metadata. Metadata that indicates any technical data such as its file type, database key, archiving possibility, specifications, end-user documentation, etc.

Metadata of technical reports is any data that helps report's user find, study, and use the report.

Key terms

Dublin Core

Closing

The successor lectio is What Wiki Edits Are.