Home WA Government Publications Metadata Metadata Guidance Records Management Advice Last updated: 2 May 2024 Information systems rely on metadata to manage information. Metadata is the data that describes data or information. Documents Records Management Advice - Metadata (PDF, 318.02KB) Sidebar Published 14 January 2021 Provided by State Records Office of Western Australia Document collections Records Management Advice Share Facebook share(Opens in a new tab/window) Twitter(Opens in a new tab/window) LinkedIn(Opens in a new tab/window) Copy URL