metainformation

English

Etymology

From meta- +‎ information.

Noun

metainformation (uncountable)

1. Information about information.
   • 2007 November 27, Luciano Floridi, “Understanding Epistemic Relevance”, in Erkenntnis, volume 69, number 1, →DOI, pages 69–92:

     Or a may simply be assumed to be reasonable enough to ask the appropriate question to obtain i, if provided with sufficient metainformation about the availability of i.

Related terms

• metainformational

Translations

information about information

• Greek: μεταπληροφορία (el) f (metapliroforía)
• Hungarian: metainformáció