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元数�?�一�?“metadata�?已�?是我等�?�国内许多�?�行赖以生存的专有�??�?。但国内的相关研文论著�??怕少有说清楚这一�?汇�?��?的。近日因有�?�行�?� 信讨教有关metadata的释义与相关历�?�，所以�?费力去网上GG了一把。虽然�?�本已了解这一�??�?实乃�?美一正儿八�?的注册商标，但相关�?�龙去脉也语焉 �? 详，此番查�?�的这点�??料�??是写得较清楚的。故此特�?贴出以备�?�行�?�考：

It was the summer of 1969 when Jack E. Myers coined the term “metadata”, and a 1973 product brochure where he first used it in print. He intentionally designed it to be a term with no particular meaning. A data and publication search at that time did not discover any prior use either of the word “metadata” or “meta data”. The word Metadata was registered in 1986 as a trademark (U.S. Trademark Registration No. 1,409,206) belonging to The Metadata Company. The trademark was granted incontestable status in 1991. Metadata is a proprietary mark which stands for The Metadata Company.

The Metadata Company has since attempted to threaten people legally into not using the word “metadata” in the generic sense. Many people believe that due to the widespread use of the word “metadata” in the generic sense as “data about data”, it is likely that the “Metadata” trademark has entered the public domain by becoming a general term. This was the legal opinion expressed by the Office of the Solicitor of the United States Department of the Interior to the Federal Geographic Data Committee when the latter was threatened by Metadata’s lawyers for its use of the word “metadata” in a generic sense. However, no judge has as yet ruled the trademark invalid. From: http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/The+Metadata+Company

以上文字清楚地说明metadata一�?1969年就有了，而1973年就出现在�?�刷�?中（虽然�?�是产�?的宣传�??料之类）。1986年这个�??�? 已�?是一个注册商标，属Metadata Company所有。更有甚者1991年此商标获得了“�?�?�异议�?商标，也�?�任何人�?得以先�?使用（prior use）�?近似混淆（likelihood ofconfusion）或商标识別性（non-distinctiveness）作为申请撤消这一商标的�?�由。呵呵。乖乖隆地冬。难�?��?�们天天�?�的专业，其最基本的专业�??�?的使用是侵�?�的？

�?�一段也说明了这个Metadata公�?�也曾�?为了大家的侵�?�而努力过。比如其照会FGDC就是一例。�?��?��?了了之，�?�能也是犯�?�?�众怒�?�。�?过，此段最�?�也说明这个Metadata注册商标没有被任何法官宣布为无效。�?�本人也认真看了FGDC 放在网上的回�?，觉得在�?�义上正确的那些言�?在法�?�上似乎站�?�?脚。所以给大家一些建议，�?�元数�?�研究的�?�行少动出国的脑�?，以备研究在�??义上都有�?法之嫌。在国内的�?�行也少写metadata的英文文章。因为我们有个优势，我们�?�以写“元数�?��?。好象这三个中文字还没有哪家中国公�?�将其注册为中文商标？（也�?敢下定论，�?�没查过）

写完这篇�?�文�?然心里少有的惴惴然。�?�在此篇中是�?�太多次侵�?�了别人的注册商标？会�?会�?�人告啊？:-)

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