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What is Metadata and Why is it Important?

AIIM

One such tool is Metadata. Metadata offers significant benefits in terms of understanding information in new ways and in being able to leverage that intelligence to drive innovation and the customer experience. What is Metadata? The US Department of Defense has a definition of metadata in its DoD 5015.2

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Digitizing Records: Understanding Metadata Requirements

National Archives Records Express

S49-07-001 – STS-049 – In cabin view of crewmember at the forward flight deck with laptop terminal National Archives Identifier: 22702275 In this blog post, we will explore the key aspects of metadata requirements and their significance in recordkeeping.

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Supercharge Your Search Accuracy with Auto-Applied Email Metadata Upon Ingestion

AIIM

The ever increasing petabytes of data required to do business in the modern world of work require utilizing metadata to tag content. Why Metadata? Metadata (aka tags, properties, labels) is the key component in any robust Information Architecture plan. Break down silos.

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Records Management in the Intelligent Information Era

AIIM

Defining a New Era of Records Management. Records management has traditionally been significantly focused on compliance. We argued in the AIIM 2019 State of the Industry – Content Services that “[information management] is better sold indirectly – as a byproduct of automation and customer experience – than head-on.”.

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Directive M-19-21: What it is and How to Achieve Compliance

AIIM

A consolidation of the previous M-12-18 directive with some additional requirements, the purpose of this directive is to help the government transition fully to electronic records for increased efficiency, accuracy, and improved storage. Automated system/s to capture, categorize and securely retain electronic content and metadata.

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Metadata Best Practices

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Metadata is structured data about data, information that facilitates the management and use of other information. The function of metadata is to provide your users with a standardized means for access to digitized materials. However, it is not enough to use just any metadata standard.

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Managing Metadata for Permanent Records: What if the metadata required for transferring permanent records are stored separately from the records themselves?

National Archives Records Express

To follow our last post on Metadata Requirements for Permanent Records on Shared Drives , today we are discussing how to manage metadata for permanent records stored separately from the records. Otherwise, most metadata will reside in external databases, systems, or registries.