Metadata

Overview of petabyte-scale metadata storage methods and frameworks

This work addresses methods and frameworks for storing metadata in the petabyte range. SQL and NoSQL databases are compared and their advantages and disadvantages are described.

Curation and metadata - concepts for data irreversibility

This article highlights specific challenges faced in TA5, that are caused by the huge data streams and the needs for heavy on-line processing. Its aim is to start a discussion of the relevant topics.