What is Metadata? Metadata is a “data that contains information about other data”. To put it another way, it is “information about data”. It contains information needed to understand and effectively use the data. However, its significance becomes apparent as we consider its functional use. For example, a digital web page might include metadata specifying what software language the page is written in, what tools were used to create it, what objects the page is about, etc. The different types of metadata For clarity purposes, different types of metadata are put in specific categories. The different types are the following: Descriptive metadata: Data that describes