popisovatpopisova
Popisovatpopisova is a neologistic term found in theoretical discussions of linguistics and information architecture to denote the act of describing descriptions. It describes a meta-descriptive process in which a description is analyzed, expanded, or rewritten to clarify the criteria, scope, and interpretive assumptions behind an earlier description. In practice, popisovatpopisova concerns the deliberate specification of how descriptive text was produced and how it should be interpreted.
Etymology and form: The word appears to be a compound built from the Czech verb popisovat (to
Applications: Popisovatpopisova is discussed in analyses of metadata creation, accessibility text generation (such as alt text
Related terms: Metadescription, metatext, metadata, description recursion, and meta-annotation are closely related concepts. See also discussions