When you use Index Server and Internet Information Server (IIS), you get a moderately useful search process built into your Web application. However, it isn’t readily apparent where that data is coming from. You can find the search.asp (or search.htm) page easily enough, but the URL for the results page looks something like


What is Metadata?
What is metadata? Well, It’s an odd concept to wrap your head around. Metadata is essentially the secondary layer of data that tracks details about the “regular” data. The regular