今天在查资料时,发现如下的论述,觉得很有趣:
Jack E Myers coined the term in 1969.After a search turned up no use of either "metadata" or "meta data" he used the term in a 1973 product brochure adn make it a registered U.S. Tradmark.It refers to products developed by his Metadata company.
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