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A wide variety of types of metadata could be collected about digital surrogates both during and after the digitization process. Based on their purpose and function, the most common types are summarized in Figure 13.

Figure 13. Types of Metadata
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Descriptive metadata

gives details about a digital record and its content to make it easier to find.