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Summary:
Struggling with metadata is nothing new, but there s a misconception that advanced data tech and cloud storage solved this problem. That s not the case - so what is the way forward?
I ve been thinking about metadata. I know that s a strange thing to think about, primarily when I used to refer to it as dead data in a drawer, neatly arranged. And it was. Our halting attempts to tag extracted data with a semblance of meaning always fell short - because it was just too hard. And it was even harder to figure out how to get application programs to use it effectively.