A type of descriptive metadata where a word is used to capture the essence of an object. Keywords are selected or used in a variety of ways depending on the information retrieval system. 

Keywords

- Title 
- Description
- Author
- Keywords

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This type of metadata is intended to help in discovering information objects. Descriptive metadata frequently includes elements such as:
- Title
- Author
- Subjects

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