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what metadata is, who creates it, and why it's important. Additionally, there is a
sub-page on how to create metadata. This tutorial topic will familiarize you with
the concept of metadata. All geodata on INSIDE Idaho have FGDC-compliant
metadata. Metadata records contain a vast amount of information and can likely answer many
questions you may have about a particular data set. You can view the metadata for
any data set on INSIDE Idaho by clicking the "Read" icon in the
"Metadata" column of the data table pages.

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