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From: Tony Johansson on 13 May 2010 05:40 Hi! Is it correct described if I say that metadata is everying that an assembly is using such as classes, structure interfaces, propery and methods. This was just some example. Metadata contains also info about each statement and local variable. //Tony
From: Arne Vajhøj on 13 May 2010 21:24 On 13-05-2010 05:40, Tony Johansson wrote: > Is it correct described if I say that metadata is everying that an assembly > is using such as classes, structure interfaces, propery and methods. This > was just some example. Metadata contains also info about each statement and > local variable. Metadata is a very broad term. But assembly meta data seems to match your description. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.NET_metadata ECMA-335: <quote> 9 Metadata New types�value types and reference types�are introduced into the CTS via type declarations expressed in metadata. In addition, metadata is a structured way to represent all information that the CLI uses to locate and load classes, lay out instances in memory, resolve method invocations, translate CIL to native code, enforce security, and set up runtime context boundaries. Every CLI PE/COFF module (see Partition II) carries a compact metadata binary that is emitted into the module by the CLI-enabled development tool or compiler. Each CLI-enabled language will expose a language-appropriate syntax for declaring types and members and for annotating them with attributes that express which services they require of the infrastructure. Type imports are also handled in a language-appropriate way, and it is the development tool or compiler that consumes the metadata to expose the types that the developer sees. Note that the typical component or application developer will not need to be aware of the rules for emitting and consuming CLI metadata. While it can help a developer to understand the structure of metadata, the rules outlined in this clause are primarily of interest to tool builders and compiler writers. </quote> Sometimes the term metadata is used to mean the information from assembly manifest. Arne
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