What is Metadata

Question

Explain the term Metadata?

Answer 1

Assembly Metadata explains each and every data type and member defined within the code. It stores the description of the assembly, like version, name, and culture, public key of an assembly with the types exported, other assemblies dependent upon this assembly, and the security permissions required to execute the application. Moreover, it stores description of types, like the visibility, name, base class, interfaces implemented, and members, like fields, properties, methods, events, and nested types.

It also stores qualities. Metadata is stored in the binary format. Thus, metadata of the assembly is sharable among the applications which is executed on various platforms. It can be exported to other applications for giving information about the services and about the different features of an application.