metadata

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CYB-002666",
  "term": "metadata",
  "field": "Cybersecurity",
  "definition": "1. Information describing the characteristics of data including, for example, structural metadata describing data structures (e.g., data format, syntax, and semantics) and descriptive metadata describing data contents (e.g., information security labels).\n\n2. Information used to describe specific characteristics, constraints, acceptable uses and parameters of another data item (e.g., a cryptographic key).\n\n3. Data about data. For filesystems, metadata is data that provides information about a file’s contents.\n\n4. The information associated with a key that describes its specific characteristics, constraints, acceptable uses, ownership, etc. Sometimes called the key's attributes.\n\n5. The information associated with a key that describes its specific characteristics, constraints, acceptable uses, ownership, etc.; sometimes called the key's attributes.\n\n6. The information associated with a key that describes its specific characteristics, constraints, acceptable uses, ownership, etc.; sometimes called the key’s attributes.\n\n7. Information that describes the characteristics of data, including structural metadata that describes data structures (i.e., data format, syntax, semantics) and descriptive metadata that describes data contents (i.e., security labels).\n\n8. Information describing the characteristics of data. This may include, for example, structural metadata describing data structures (i.e., data format, syntax, semantics) and descriptive metadata describing data contents",
  "see_also": [
    "Key information"
  ],
  "references": [
    "CNSSI 4009-2015 from NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 4; NIST SP 800-150 from NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 4; NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 4 [Superseded]",
    "NIST SP 800-57 Part 1 Rev. 4 [Superseded]; NIST SP 800-57 Part 1 Rev. 3 [Superseded]",
    "NIST SP 800-86",
    "NIST SP 800-57 Part 2 Rev.1",
    "NIST SP 800-175B Rev. 1",
    "NIST SP 800-57 Part 1 Rev. 5",
    "NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5",
    "NIST Privacy Framework Version 1.0 from NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 4 (Adapted)",
    "NIST CSRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/cybersecurity/metadata/"
}