Struggling with MCP authentication? The November 2025 spec just changed everything. CIMD replaces DCR's complexity with a ...

Plex has now announced 'custom metadata providers,' which will replace the old metadata agents sometime in 2026. It's largely ...

John Goodson is a JDBC Expert Panel Member and VP of Research and Development at DataDirect Technologies. Check out his Tech Talk on TheServerSide.com, where he discusses Database Access Technologies.

There are three ways to set up a DMM definition: Using SAS/MDDB Server software: Issue the MDMDDB command on a SAS command line or command window, and follow the directions in the dialog boxes. Refer ...

There's a new Microsoft server coming to town. Codenamed "Barcelona," the coming "metadata server" is akin to "a magical map of the enterprise data topology." It looks as if this new project is coming ...

Many institutions grant access to their metadata repositories via the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH). However, this protocol has two significant drawbacks: it does ...

Spotlight is Apple's smart search indexer for macOS. Here's how to use its metadata utilities to get more information about your documents. Spotlight runs in the background on your Mac or iOS device ...