Data Literacy ~ 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.
, Open Data Institute, 2020;, Gartner, 2019;, Apolitical, 2021;, Learn2Analyze, 2017;, Chantel Ridsdale, et.al., Dalhousie University, 2015;, Databilities, Data to the People, 2020;, Edith Gummer, Ellen B. Mandinach, Teachers College Record, 2015;, Australian Public Service Commission, Government of Australia, 2021;, Dave Wells, Eckerson Group, 2022;, elearning Curve, ;