Metadata

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).

See the following under Metadata for detailed information:

NIST SP 800-150  from NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 4.

NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 4.

Data about data. For filesystems, metadata is data that provides information about a file’s contents.

See NIST SP 800-86 under Metadata for detailed information.

The information associated with a key that describes its specific characteristics, constraints, acceptable uses, ownership, etc. Sometimes called the key’s attributes.

See the following under Metadata for detailed information:

NIST SP 800-57 Part 2 Rev.1.

NIST SP 800-175B Rev. 1.

NIST SP 800-57 Part 1 Rev. 5. 

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).

See NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 for detailed information.

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 contentsSee NIST Privacy Framework Version 1.0 under Metadata from NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 4 for detailed information.