Metadata is data describing the data structure.
Each edge of a graph carries some data. This data must be described using metadata. Metadata describes both the record as a whole and all its fields.
Records can be of different types, each field can have different data type. See .
The metadata can be either internal, or external (shared). Metadata can also be created dynamically from an SQL query or read from remote sources. See .
For details on metadata propagation, see .
Metadata can be created from:
Flat file: See .
XLS(X) file: See .
DBase file: See .
Database: See .
SQL query: See .
By user: See .
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Merging existing metadata: See .
Metadata editor is described in .
For detailed information about changing or defining delimiters in delimited or mixed record types, see .
Metadata can also be edited in its source code. See .
Metadata can serve as a source for creating a database table. See .
