metatietoina
Metatietoina is a term used in information science to denote metadata about metadata, focusing on the descriptions of metadata elements themselves and the processes that produce them. As an abstract layer, metatietoina complements primary metadata by recording provenance, version history, quality assessments, and lineage information for metadata records.
The term derives from metatieto (metadata) with the Finnish suffix -ina, which forms nouns referencing a collective
Key concepts include metadata provenance (who created the metadata and when), metadata lineage (the chain of
Architectures for metatietoina commonly use graph-based or schema-driven approaches, enabling linkage between data assets, their metadata,
Challenges include standardizing metatietoina concepts across domains, ensuring interoperability between systems, managing performance overhead, and addressing
See also: metadata, data governance, data lineage, provenance, metadata registry.