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HHS Metadata Standard

This serves as the authoritative framework for defining HHS metadata—data about data—fields and attributes.

Organizations: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), HHS Office of the Chief Data Officer (OCDO)

Published Year: 2025

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HHS Metadata Standard: Version 1.0, published in July 2025, serves as the authoritative framework for defining HHS metadata—data about data—fields and attributes.

Aligned with the Evidence Act and HealthData.gov, this standard establishes clear guidelines for metadata collection and public sharing across all data assets created, collected, managed, or maintained by HHS. It outlines required metadata fields for HHS datasets, ensuring consistency, interoperability, and discoverability in HHS data governance.