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Contribution Guidelines Edit | Report
| Term | Definition | Sunbird Context |
|---|---|---|
| Metadata | Information about data (content piece) that further qualifies and describes the it. This information is not part of the content body, but is stored in the backend. It helps search engines search and discover content. | Sunbird enforces users to add metadata for each piece of content created or uploaded on the platform. Some metadata is mandatory, while some is optional. For example, each content piece, must have a Name, while the author’s name is optional. |
| Module | Any idependent unit of content that can be used to make a whole or a book/course/collection. |