| Subject | English | German |
| comp., MS | assembly metadata | Assemblymetadaten (Metadata that is part of the assembly manifest) |
| comp., MS | BDC Metadata Store | BDC-Metadatenspeicher (The collection of XML files, stored in the Business Data Connectivity Service, that contain definitions of models, external content types, and external data sources) |
| comp., MS | CLR metadata | CLR-Metadaten (Information that describes every element managed by the common language runtime: an assembly, loadable file, type, method, and so on. This can include information required for debugging and garbage collection, as well as security attributes, marshaling data, extended class and member definitions, version binding, and other information required by the runtime) |
| comp., MS | device metadata package | Gerätemetadatenpaket (A .cab file that can only have one locale support and that provides all the hardware display components in order for your device information to be shown in the Control Panel) |
| comp., MS | Device Metadata Retrieval Client | Client für den Gerätemetadatenempfang (A feature that provides an interface for acquiring rich metadata in order to support showing device detail information in the Device Center and the Device Stage) |
| IT | Dublin Core Metadata Initiative | DCMI |
| IT, engl. | Dublin Core Metadata Initiative | Dublin Core Metadata Initiative |
| comp., MS | Duet Metadata Service | Duet-Metadatendienst (A Duet server component that facilitates the transfer of application metadata from the SAP system to the Duet client computer) |
| comp., MS | managed metadata | verwaltete Metadaten (A hierarchical collection of centrally managed terms that you can define, and then use as attributes for items in SharePoint Server) |
| comp., MS | metadata cache | Metadatencache (A file-based cache maintained on the client computer for the purpose of storing metadata for the end-user applications) |
| comp., MS | Metadata Cache Manager | Metadatencache-Manager (An administrative tool included in Duet Settings Manager. This tool can be used to manage the metadata cache maintained on the Duet client computer) |
| comp., MS | metadata database | Metadaten-Datenbank (A relational database used for maintaining metadata for download by client components) |
| comp., MS | metadata header | Metadatenheader (ssn) |
| comp., MS | metadata package | Metadatenpaket (A .cab file that can only have one locale support and that provides all the hardware display components in order for your device information to be shown in the Control Panel) |
| comp., MS | metadata publisher | Metadatenherausgeber (The entity that writes or copies metadata files into the metadata database) |
| comp., MS | metadata publishing | Metadateneingabe (The act of writing or copying metadata files into the metadata database) |
| comp., MS | metadata scope | Metadatenbereich (A namespace that defines the operations, schemas, and entities for a service) |
| comp., MS | Metadata Service | Metadatendienst (A Duet server component that facilitates the transfer of application metadata from the SAP system to the Duet client computer) |
| comp., MS | metadata service provider | Metadaten-Provider (A Web service that facilitates publishing of metadata into the metadata database and updating of the same later on) |
| comp., MS | Metadata Store | Metadatenspeicher (The collection of XML files, stored in the Business Data Connectivity Service, that contain definitions of models, external content types, and external data sources) |
| comp., MS | metadata workspace | Metadaten-Arbeitsbereich (A class that represents the metadata runtime service component that provides support for retrieving metadata) |
| IMF. | Statistical Data and Metadata Exchange | Austausch von statistischen Daten und Metadaten |
| IMF. | Statistical Data and Metadata Exchange initiative | Initiative für den Austausch von Daten und Metadaten |