Windows only: Freeware application MP3-Check examines your music library to weed out files that are missing important metadata or those that don't match certain criteria. iTunes' built-in duplicate ...

At its most basic level, metadata is about 5W1H—the who, what, where, when, why, and how of a data set, object, or resource (such as an article, a book, or a journal). Gathering these basic bits of ...

To strip or not to strip? Here's a look at both sides of the argument about the value of embedded metadata. Stripping embedded metadata from digital files may be the most misunderstood technical ...

Metadata isn't like the regular data we know – but the key differences between the two can be hard to figure out. To put it simply, though, metadata is often referred to as data that sorts and ...

Google has coordinated with international standards organizations to show copyright and author information in Google images. The new feature will show on images containing author and copyright ...