microdata

English

Etymology

From micro- +‎ data.

Noun

microdata (uncountable)

1. (statistics) Data concerning individuals in a trial, survey etc.
   • 2019 February 9, Mark Zuckerman, “Unions Need to Think Small to Get Big”, in The Atlantic‎^[1], retrieved 2022-10-19:

     In fact, labor groups are more likely to win elections for union representation in small workplaces. In a study released this week by the Century Foundation, we analyzed microdata on every union election in the country from April 2007 to December 2018, more than 22,000 in total.

2. (computing) Data stored in a microformat.
3. (specifically) A WHATWG standard for embedding metadata in HTML documents; data encoded in such a way.
   • 2013, Matthew MacDonald, HTML5: The Missing Manual, O'Reilly Media, →ISBN, page 85:

     Unlike microformats, microdata uses its own attributes and doesn't risk colliding with style sheet rules […]

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