In my last post I defined metadata and summarized the three cases (in other states) that have addressed whether, and to what extent, metadata is a public record. I concluded that post by asking what we might glean from these cases to determine how North Carolina’s public records laws apply to metadata. The simple answer […]
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Is Metadata a Public Record? Part 2
Thursday, March 18th, 2010Tags:access to metadata, application metadata, embedded metadata, metadata, metadata as a public record, metadata categories, retention of metadata, substantive metadata, system metadata
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Is Metadata a Public Record?: Part 1
Thursday, March 4th, 2010(Updated March 15, 2010) Is metadata a public record? There is not a clear answer to this question, at least in North Carolina. But that does not mean that public entities should ignore the question. In fact, public officials, particularly attorneys and information technology professionals, are well advised to stay abreast of this emerging issue, […]
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