Metadata Insights

What is Metadata?

Metadata is 'data about data'. It provides information about other data, such as its origin, format, modification history, and usage. It is commonly used for organizing, managing, finding, and understanding data assets. Examples include describing an image with its creation date, author, and keywords, or documenting a database table with its structure, data types, and purpose.

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What other technologies are related to Metadata?

Metadata Competitor Technologies

LWC

Lightning Web Components, a modern web standard-based framework for building Salesforce applications. Competes with older technologies like Aura.

mentioned alongside Metadata in 1% (92) of relevant job posts

Aura

Salesforce's older framework for building custom user interfaces. Is a competitor to LWC.

mentioned alongside Metadata in 1% (60) of relevant job posts

Process Builder

Salesforce's point-and-click workflow automation tool. Can be replaced by more modern tools like Flows or Apex triggers.

mentioned alongside Metadata in 1% (54) of relevant job posts

Lightning Web Components

A modern framework for building Salesforce applications; competes with Aura components.

mentioned alongside Metadata in 0% (69) of relevant job posts

Lightning Components

A generic term referring to Aura components. Competitor to LWC.

mentioned alongside Metadata in 0% (57) of relevant job posts

SOAP

Simple Object Access Protocol, is a messaging protocol specification for exchanging structured information in the implementation of web services. Competes with REST.

mentioned alongside Metadata in 0% (237) of relevant job posts

REST

Representational state transfer, is an architectural style that defines a set of constraints to be used for creating Web services. Competes with SOAP.

mentioned alongside Metadata in 0% (286) of relevant job posts