PRIMA
type: ConceptScheme
has top concept: Metadata

Analyzed Data
type: Concept
related: Metadata

Data Curation
type: Concept
related: Metadata

Dataset
type: Concept
related: Metadata

Material
type: Concept
related: Metadata

Metadata
type: Concept
contributor: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8413-5196
contributor: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9199-6373
contributor: 0000-0002-1033-144X
contributor: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7148-7210
contributor: Alexey Boubnov
contributor: Maximilian Kabbe
contributor: Richard Thelen
contributor: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9576-8615
contributor: Neil MacKinnon
contributor: Sarah Irvine
created: 2024-02-15
creator: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2534-0063
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
modified: 2025-09-01
rights holder: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
definition: Any descriptive data intended to contextualize or otherwise qualify Research Data and/or Datasets and/or Publication Data and their management through time. Typically, Metadata is created in the course of a Study and then integrated, organized, and refined during Data Curation. Examples of Metadata are: Sample properties and/or treatment history recorded in an Electronic Laboratory Notebook, Instrument parameters saved with Raw Data, analysis processes saved with Analyzed Data, Settings of a Model, but also data license, affiliation of Research Users, descriptions of how files are named, structured and stored. Metadata may be registered in a Metadata Repository and assigned a Persistent Identifier.
history note: Partially adapted from the definition of Metadata in ISO 15489-1:2016 s 3.12, in https://doi.org/10.2777/1524 and in https://helmholtz-metadaten.de/glossary
in scheme: PRIMA
related: Data Curation
related: System
related: Material
related: Raw Data
related: Dataset
related: Model
related: Publication Data
related: Processed Data
related: Analyzed Data
related: Research Data
related: Reference Data
related: Persistent Identifier
related: Metadata Repository
related: Sample
related: Research User
top concept of: PRIMA

Metadata Repository
type: Concept
related: Metadata

Model
type: Concept
related: Metadata

Persistent Identifier
type: Concept
related: Metadata

Processed Data
type: Concept
related: Metadata

Publication Data
type: Concept
related: Metadata

Raw Data
type: Concept
related: Metadata

Reference Data
type: Concept
related: Metadata

Research Data
type: Concept
related: Metadata

Research User
type: Concept
related: Metadata

Sample
type: Concept
related: Metadata

System
type: Concept
related: Metadata