[LON-CAPA-cvs] cvs: loncom /html/adm/help/tex Metadata_Description.tex

[vandui11]

vandui11		Tue Feb 15 09:10:59 2005 EDT

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  simplified some wording for better understanding
  
  
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diff -u loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Metadata_Description.tex:1.2 loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Metadata_Description.tex:1.3
--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Metadata_Description.tex:1.2	Thu Jul 18 11:52:27 2002
+++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Metadata_Description.tex	Tue Feb 15 09:10:58 2005
@@ -3,17 +3,17 @@
 \index{Metadata}\label{What Is Metadata?}\emph{Metadata} is \emph{data about data}. Metadata can often be thought
 of as a label on some bit of information that can be useful to people or
 computer programs trying to use the data. Without metadata, the person or
-computer trying to use the original information would have to just guess
-what the original data is about. For instance, if you create a problem and
+computer trying to use the original information would have to guess
+what the original data is about. For example, if you create a problem and
 neglect to say in the title or subject of the problem what it is about, then
 a human who wants to use that problem would have to read the problem itself
 to see what it was about, which is much more difficult than just reading
-a title. A computer trying to do the same thing would just be out of luck;
+a title. A computer trying to do the same thing would be out of luck;
 it is too stupid to understand the problem statement at all.
 
 One example of metadata is the <title> of a web page, which usually shows
-up in the title bar of the browser. That's information about the web page
-itself, not actually part of the web page. People use the title information
-when they bookmark a page, so they know what the page is. Search engines
+up in the title bar of the browser. That is information about the web page
+itself and is not actually part of the web page. People use the title information
+when they bookmark a page. Search engines
 use it as a clue about the content of the web page.