metadata

Structured descriptive information about a data asset—such as schema, provenance, classification tags, retention periods and access rules—maintained in catalogs to support findability, authorized reuse, compliance monitoring and lifecycle management.

Structured descriptive information about a dataset (including title, description, source, format, update frequency, licensing and contact details) required to be published on the national data portal to enable discovery, automated ingestion, quality assessment and interoperability.

Contextual and technical data embedded in or associated with digital assets (e.g., timestamps, geolocation, device identifiers, edit history) that support future verification, archiving and audit trails. The Guide requires maintaining metadata to facilitate accountability and fact‑checking.

'Metadata' comprises descriptive information about datasets—such as provenance, schema, quality metrics, labeling protocols and licensing—that enables interoperability, discoverability, auditability and reuse of datasets on the platform.

Metadata refers to structural or descriptive information about data such as content, format, source, rights, accuracy, provenance, periodicity, granularity, publisher or responsible party, contact information, method of collection, and other relevant descriptions of the data.