From e66f2fe7f46dbffa20d7727c399a89824243c58b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Julian Quick Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2022 20:18:21 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Update context.md --- terms/context.md | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/terms/context.md b/terms/context.md index 8e6b9ba..5ecbefd 100644 --- a/terms/context.md +++ b/terms/context.md @@ -1,2 +1,5 @@ # Context +Modern data relies on context to be understood. A human has no way to interact with hard drives of data without a computer. The computer is built to understand the state of the hard drive as data, which can be visualized and manipulated by a human. Humans store data on computers so that it can be later accessed by themselves or other humans, usually for a preconceived purpose. It is useful to encode contextual information alongside raw data. This contextual information can include anything from the data structure to uncertainty in anticipated insights from the data. + +Contextual [metadata][metadata.md] refers to a subset of metadata meant to provide richer metadata. From d7ee6d138dbfc66baa1698e7d436b4fda9f13bb6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Julian Quick Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2022 22:51:40 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Put Contextual Metadata Up Front copy+pasted dictionary "context of context" --- terms/context.md | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/terms/context.md b/terms/context.md index 5ecbefd..21c56f2 100644 --- a/terms/context.md +++ b/terms/context.md @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ -# Context +# Context and Contextual Metadata -Modern data relies on context to be understood. A human has no way to interact with hard drives of data without a computer. The computer is built to understand the state of the hard drive as data, which can be visualized and manipulated by a human. Humans store data on computers so that it can be later accessed by themselves or other humans, usually for a preconceived purpose. It is useful to encode contextual information alongside raw data. This contextual information can include anything from the data structure to uncertainty in anticipated insights from the data. +Contextual metadata refers to a subset of structural [metadata][metadata.md] meant to provide richer metadata. -Contextual [metadata][metadata.md] refers to a subset of metadata meant to provide richer metadata. +Conext is a broad term. From [Merriam Webster][1]: In its earliest uses (documented in the 15th century), context meant "the weaving together of words in language." This sense, now obsolete, developed logically from the word's source in Latin, contexere "to weave or join together." Context now most commonly refers to the environment or setting in which something (whether words or events) exists. When we say that something is contextualized, we mean that it is placed in an appropriate setting, one in which it may be properly considered. + + [1]: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/context