What are these?

How do you know?

How much have they been processed since they were produced?

How much metadata is needed to understand what they are?

What are these?

How do you know?

How much have they been processed since they were produced?

How much metadata is needed to understand what they are?

What are these?

How do you know?

How much have they been processed since they were produced?

How much metadata is needed to understand what they are?

Why do this payload and the one before it have a standard metadata package, even though the payloads are from different sources? What is the scope of the standard? Under what authority is the standard defined, and enforced?

 

What are these?

How do you know?

How much have they been processed since they were produced?

Without metadata, how do you evaluate the contents?

Without metadata, would you bother to evaluate the contents, or would you pass them by and instead look for payloads with complete metadata?

What are these?

How much have they been processed since they were produced?

Can you infer important details from the payload container format,even though the primary metadata is missing? Is this enough metadata for you to evaluate the payload for use?

How does the complexity of a payload relate to the complexity of the metadata? How does it relate to your requirements for considering the metadata to be complete enough?

Do you need more metadata to understand a payload that has been highly processed?

Is it easier or harder to use a simpler payload? How does the complexity of the desired application factor into your answer?