# What is metadata?

**URL:** <https://forum.clarin.eu/t/what-is-metadata/456>\
**Category:** Metadata\
**Tags:** metadata\
**Created:** [12 September 2024 13:04 UTC](https://forum.clarin.eu/t/what-is-metadata/456 "2024-09-12T13:04:47Z")\
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**Post date:** [12 September 2024 13:04 UTC](https://forum.clarin.eu/t/what-is-metadata/456/1 "2024-09-12T13:04:47Z")

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Metadata is data about data: information describing properties of linguistic resources, for instance the size of a corpus, the recording date of a speech file, the purpose for which annotations were created.

For information on metadata in CLARIN, visit [www.clarin.eu/content/metadata](https://www.clarin.eu/content/metadata).