tietoaTämä

tietoaTämä is a coined Finnish term used to refer to the contextual information attached to a resource. It signals the layer of information that describes “this” item, including its purpose, provenance, and relationships to other resources. The compound blends tieto (information) with a demonstrative element to emphasize that the information concerns the specific item at hand.

It covers metadata such as author, creation date, licensing, source provenance, versioning, and the context in which the resource is used. It is distinct from the resource’s content (data) and from general knowledge; tietoaTämä is the informational scaffolding that enables interpretation, reuse, and trust. This conceptual distinction helps information managers and system designers separate the content of a resource from the information that explains its origins and role.

Applications of tietoaTämä appear in various information management contexts. In content management systems and digital libraries, tietoaTämä is stored as a metadata block or schema. In APIs, it may appear as a dedicated metadata object. In web accessibility and search, providing tietoaTämä improves discoverability and understanding for users and machines by supplying essential context about a resource.

History and status: the term has emerged in Finnish information management discussions since the early 2020s and has not been standardized. It is used variably to describe contextual information and is often treated as a semantic label rather than a fixed data model.

See also: metadata, provenance, information management, knowledge management.