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Record 1 2007-09-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
DEF

Textual data describing qualitative or quantitative characteristics of a document or group of documents.

CONT

Other attribute data applications will be developed over the next five years.

OBS

data: This term is often perceived as a collective noun, which takes a singular verb. However, "data" can take a plural verb if attention is being focused on each individual piece of data (e.g. The data were transferred.).

OBS

Attributes are used in fields of index records as document image identifiers and for locating information in database management systems.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
OBS

attribut : Dans une base de données, un champ qui contient une information relative à une entité.

OBS

Certains auteurs, dont l'ISO/CEI, emploient le singulier (donnée) comme équivalent de «data».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratamiento de la información (Informática)
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