metadata.

[A. Maberry]

Another quick search on RLIN gives 2 more cites:

Kerschberg, Larry.
Information system integration :ba metadata management approach /cby Larry
Kerschberg, Donald A. Marchand, Arun Sen.
Columbia, S.C. :bCollege of Business Administration, Unviersity of South
Carolina,c1983.
28 leaves :bill. ;c28 cm.
Technical report / Institute for Information Management, Technology, and
Policy ;vTR-83-3

AND

Westbrook, J. H.q(Jack Hall),d1924-
Standards and metadata requirements for computerization of selected
mechanical properties of metallic materials /cJack H. Westbrook.
Gaithersburg, MD :bU.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Bureau of Standards
Washington, DC :bFor sale by Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O.,c[1985]
vii, 39 p. :bill. ;c28 cm.
NBS special publication ;v702

also see the Free Online Dictionary of Computing sv. Metadata (as opposed
to meta-data)

Metadata
<product> (Note: One unhyphenated word with initial capital; contrast meta
data) A word coined by Jack E. Myers to represent current and future lines
of products implementing the concepts of his MetaModel, and also to
designate his company The Metadata Company that would develop and market
those products.

A data and publication search performed when Myers coined the term, early
in the summer of 1969, did not discover any use either of the word
"metadata" or "meta data". Myers used the term in a 1973 product brochure
and it is an Incontestable registered U.S. Trademark.

(1997-04-06)






On Wed, 31 May 2000, Kathleen Miller wrote:

>
> My quick search shows. Can provide the whol article/s if necessary.
>
> First in Dow Jones 11/06/1987
> First in New York Times -  April 10, 1983 - wedding announcement for daughter
> of Joseph A. MacDonald, then (maybe still) president of Metadata. The first
> time it is used as a word in its own right in the Times is 1999.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> At 03:02 AM 6/1/00 -0500, you wrote:
> >I think this claim has been decided as frivolous (or it ought to be).  In
> >any case, I would like to know if "metadata" existed as a generic word
> >before 1986 (when the trademark was issued)...My colleagues are sure that
> >it did, but maybe Barry P. or others could confirm it.
> >------
> >Please be advised that our firm represents The Metadata Company LLC which
> >is
> >the holder of all rights in the trademark METADATA as applied to computer
> >programs and computer program manuals.  Our client's mark is registered
> >as
> >U.S. Trademark Registration Nos. 1,409,260 and 2,185,504, copies of which
> >are enclosed herewith.  Our client's Registration No. 1,409,360 has
> >become
> >incontestable as provided by 15 U.S.C. § 1065.
> >
> >It has come to our client's attention that your organization has
> >published
> >documents on the Internet in which our client's registered trademark,
> >METADATA, has been misused, and has invited interested entities to
> >download
> >a copy of a document with this misused and infringing form of our
> >client's
> >mark.  We refer specifically to your use at your web [site] of our
> >client's
> >mark in your description of an "ANZLIC Metadata Entry Tool (MET)".
> >
> >Our client has no objection to the use of the two separate words, "Meta
> >Data" or even the hyphenated term "Meta-data" to describe data about data
> >or
> >as a title for any software you wish to provide.  However, the single
> >unhyphenated term, "METADATA" is a federally registered trademark in the
> >United States which belongs exclusively to our client.  We would
> >appreciate
> >it if you would provide us with your written commitment that you will
> >ensure
> >that your future web site publications and any other publications do not
> >misuse our client's registered trademark, METADATA.
> >-------------------------------------------------------
>
> Kathleen E. Miller
> Research Assistant to William Safire
> The New York Times
>
> "And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart
> that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the
> eye."                 Antoine de Saint-Exupery