[X Newbies] jpegs, etc.

[Florin Alexander Neumann]

On Tuesday, May 20, 2003, at 18:55 Canada/Eastern, Vincent Cayenne 
wrote:

> why
> can't metadata (data about the data) be part of the data?

I guess it's relative. If data about the data is part of the data, then 
its data about itself, so... gee, I'm getting confused.

> This search also made me wiser as I discovered that "Metadata" is an
> Incontestable
> registered U.S. Trademark. Go figure. So I'll begin to use meta-data...

Ouch! I can hear the lawyers queueing outside my door. Could I plead 
dyslexia?...

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