Webapper, an Amazon Partner, shares tips, tricks, and news to get the most out of Amazon S3 buckets. Topics include cloud security, cost management, best practices, and helpful tools.
Metadata Management with Amazon S3
Metadata management presents a significant challenge for users working with large datasets stored in Amazon S3. Metadata -- the additional information or attributes associated with each object in S3 -- includes object keys, creation dates, access control lists (ACLs), AWS Tags, and user-defined metadata. Metadata plays a critical role in organizing, retrieving, and managing the stored in S3. Effective metadata management in Amazon S3 can make the user experience far better while also helping cost control.









