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Documentation and Metadata, Part 1

Documentation and Metadata Part 1 with Dr. Hendrik Gessner.

Before you watch the next video in part 2, I have prepared a little exercise:

Let us look at this screenshot from YouTube which you also find in the download section below. The video itself (the rectangle with moving pictures) is the data. The metadata describes the video. What kind of metadata do you see?

Hint 1: Metadata describes data. Which information do you see which describes the video?

Hint 2: The title is a typical piece of metadata. Which other pieces do you see?

The solution to this task you find on the next page.

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