Data curation is highly focused on maintaining and managing metadata, and not the database itself. Consequently, much of data curation involves such things as good communications and the usage popularity of services or articles. Data curators not only create, manage, and maintain data, but may also be involved in determining best practices for working with that data. Data curators often work the data using a visual format, such as charts or a dashboard, and store “objects” with attached metadata, rather than files.
