metadataalastes
Metadataalastes are a theoretical class of metadata artifacts introduced in discussions of metadata governance. They are designed to describe, evaluate, and preserve the metadata that accompanies digital objects in repositories and data ecosystems.
The primary purpose of a metadataalaste is to capture provenance and quality signals for metadata itself. This
Structurally, a metadataalaste typically records the target object identifier, the associated metadata schema, validation outcomes, timestamps,
Applications include data catalogs, metadata quality monitoring, lineage tracing, and policy enforcement. In practice, metadataalastes can
Critics caution that metadataalastes add complexity and storage overhead, and that tracking metadata provenance raises privacy
Overall, metadataalastes remain a hypothetical construct used to illustrate how metadata governance might evolve to treat