Modern file formats have provisions to annotate the contents of the file with descriptive information. This development is driven by the need to find a better way to organize data than merely by using ...

Editor’s note: The following review is part of Macworld’s GemFest 2012 series. Every weekday from mid June through mid August, the Macworld staff will use the Mac Gems blog to briefly cover a favorite ...

Metadata is an important aspect of images, videos, documents, etc. The metadata helps us know the details of the file: when it was created, edited, which software was used, author, etc. Without ...

Documenting and describing your data makes it easier for you and others to reuse data at a later date. Imagine that you were taking over a project in the middle of a grant, but could not contact the ...