An organization’s information is a critical resource, and strategies to manage it are essential. Information resources can be described as structured, unstructured, or semi-structured, depending on their characteristics. Structured information is most easily captured by database management systems because it can be broken down into component parts and organized in logical ways. Metadata, or data about data, describes the nature of information and provides details about its structure and properties. The quality of information is affected by several characteristics, such as accuracy, precision, completeness, consistency, timeliness, duplication, and bias.