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strict definition
attributes
Descriptive fields and qualifiers that convey information about an object, including its technical characteristics.
Attributes are various fields assigned to objects which describe them and convey information about them.
An attribute describes an aspect of the object rather than constituting the object itself. A use, measured dimension, or relationship can each supply such information.
Metadata describes or supports the data. Attributes instead concern the subject described by those data values.
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More specific definitions
10 sub-definitions-
access data
Numerical data describing the limitations or parameters of access to any place. -
financial data
Data fields pertaining to costs, rents, incomes, expenses, and all other monetary measurements. -
identification
Fields which point to an object and distinguish it from others or from its context. -
lifecycle
Information describing changes and events in an object's past, present, or future existence. -
measurements
Quantitative descriptions expressed in standard units, distinct from counts of discrete objects or components. -
qualities
Predefined properties describing an object through qualitative labels, distinct from counts or measured dimensions. -
quantities
Numerical expressions of discrete objects or components expressed as a simple count or tally. -
relationships
Connections that describe how an object is associated with other objects or defined entities. -
usage
The intended purpose of a place, structure, property, or other object at a given time, including while it is vacant. -
usage level
The importance of an intended function within a place, distinguishing main purposes from subsidiary ones.
Related definitions
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derivative
A derivative is a derived definition of other definitions and it is used to form a new meaning. -
metadata
Terms which pertain to the organization of data, either visible or internal. -
object
A real, abstract, or non-existing thing that can be individually distinguished from its context and described.