Definition: Active metadata

Category: General concept

Metadata that drive other processes and actions. Treating metadata this way will ensure they are accurate and up-to-date (GSBPM 5.0).

Metadata stored and organised in a way that enables operational use, manual or automated, for one or more processes (ESSnet on Data Warehousing).

Metadata that play an active role in statistics production, i.e. controlling the process or automating processing steps (e.g. when an electronic questionnaire is generated automatically based on the specification of a survey's questions) (UNECE).

Metadata, which are physically integrated with the information system containing the data that the metadata inform about (Statistics South Africa).

Metadata that can be used to control automated processes (Australian National Statistical Service).

Metadata that are used to drive systems. These metadata are created by subject matter experts while using tools that support the survey life-cycle (ISO, JTC1, IEC). 

Metadata that determine the actions of automated survey and dissemination processes (DIPPO, SUNDGREN).

Metadata consulted by generic program code for various tasks (Yale University School of Medicine). https://statswiki.unece.org/display/metis/The+Generic+Statistical+Business+Process+Model ESSnet on Data Warehousing (Statistics Sweden), "Some Metadata Definitions", 2011UNECE, "Metadata Classification"Statistics South Africa, Concepts and Definitions for Statistics South Africa, Version 3, 2010Cathryn S. DIPPO, U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and Bo SUNDGREN, Statistics Sweden, "The Role of Metadata in Statistics"Yale University School of Medicine, Center for Medical Informatics, "Definition of metadata"Australian National Statistical Service, "About Metadata"ISO, JTC1, IEC, "Description of Statistics Track"