Metadata management

The term is used most often in relation to digital media, but older forms of metadata are catalogs, dictionaries, and taxonomies.

This person is responsible for curation of the business and technical layers of the metadata schema, and commonly involved with strategy and implementation.

A metadata manager is not required to master all aspects, or be involved with everything concerning the solution, but an understanding of as much of the process as possible to ensure a relevant schema is developed.

For example, volunteer editors carefully curate new biographical articles based on the notability (claim to fame), name, birth, and/or death dates.

[1] Similarly, volunteer editors carefully curate new architectural articles based on name, municipality, or geo coordinates.