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Subject: Re: [docs] "metadata": plural or singular or both?
From: "Richard Purdie" <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com>, YP docs mailing
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Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2021 17:20:49 +0100
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Hi Michael,

On Wed, 2021-07-21 at 18:11 +0200, Michael Opdenacker wrote:
> I'm currently reading BitBake's documentation, and I'm always
> uncomfortable when I read "Metadata is", while I know that in English
> and in Latin, "data" is the plural of "datum". However, many people seem
> to use "data" as singular.
> 
> I also find confusing that actually "metadata" is both used:
> 
>   * in plural form as in: "Split metadata into layers and allow layers
>     to enhance or override other layers."
>   * in singular form as in: "Metadata is stored in recipe (|.bb|) and
>     related recipe “append” (|.bbappend|) files"
> 
> How do you feel about this? I'm especially interested in the feedback
> from native English speakers, which I'm not.

Personally, I'd read both of those sentences above as being correct and
they sound fine to me as a native speaker. There are other things in the
manual that probably grate on me a bit but not that!

Cheers,

Richard