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I'm not convinced of the premise either. A major tenet of computer theory is that programs are data. The distinction between "data" and "metadata" is merely f

I'm not convinced of the premise either. A major tenet of computer theory is that programs are data. The distinction between "data" and "metadata" is merely for human convenience, as is the distinction between "code" and "resource". If techies are the ones who accept this false dichotomy and non-techies are the ones who don't, I'd say it's us who need to adjust our position, not the other way around.

roundsquare 17y ago
The distinction being made here is not technical but conceptual. Data is what we care about, meta data is how we reference what we care about. Really, the difference is between "data we can parse" and "data we can't parse (quickly) or isn't even there." At least, thats what I think he means.