Ethics, Analytics and the Duty of Care ~ Data Description or Metadata
Data Description or Metadata
Metadata management: The discipline of managing information that describes various facets of a data asset to improve its usability. Shorthand: "Data about data." (Gartner, 2019, Toolkit).
The knowledge and skills required to extract and create meaningful documentation that will enable the correct usage and interpretation of the data. This includes the documentation of metadata which is the underlying definitions and descriptions about the data (Statistics Canada, 2020).
Relevant Links
These links are typically articles defining data literacy that include this theme in their definition.
Antti Poikola, Open Data Institute, 2020;, Antti Poikola, Gartner, 2019;, Antti Poikola, Apolitical, 2021;, Antti Poikola, Learn2Analyze, 2017;, Chantel Ridsdale, et.al., Dalhousie University, Proceedings of the Doctoral Consortium of Sixteenth European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, 2015;, Databilities, et.al., Data to the People, Proceedings of the Doctoral Consortium of Sixteenth European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, 2020;, Edith Gummer, Ellen B. Mandinach, Kateryna Maltseva Reiby, Teachers College Record, Safegraph, 2015;, Australian Public Service Commission, Christian Fieseler, Government of Australia, The Information Society, 2021;, Dave Wells, Christian Fieseler, Eckerson Group, The Information Society, 2022;, Alexander Buhmann, elearning Curve, Open Knowledge Foundation, ;