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Why do some people hyphenate the word metadata?

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Why do some people hyphenate the word metadata?

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Some U.S. organizations choose to use “meta-data” or “meta data” (note space) because the term “metadata” is a trademark registered by The Metadata Company in the United States of America. However, the commonly used form of the word is unhyphenated.