Metadata helps build context around documentation and makes docs easier to read and maintain. As part of defining accuracy criteria for key docs, we want to apply a set of consistent metadata. The purpose of this task is to discuss which fields to include.

Some ideas:

• Last updated: Provides a quick way to see when the last edit was made to the page and by whom. Can be automatically populated by MediaWiki. (See Template:Last updated) Acts like a quick preview of the full history page.
• Status: Free-form field to indicate the status of the page (WIP, draft, versioned, collecting feedback, etc.) This is something I rely on a lot with temporary docs, such as Google Docs. I've experimented with using a page status field on wiki in the Architecture Repository, but haven't ended up using it very much. Traditionally, page status is indicated by a series of banners (draft, outdated, etc.) or inferred from the page history. This would be more explicit and consistent, but still subject to falling out of date.
• Steward: Although it might not be possible to find a team or individual to list as a maintainer for every key doc, I think an "Adopt this page" or similar link would be just as valuable to our overall docs goals. Andre and I discussed that "steward" was less strong than "maintainer", which might discourage people from contributing.
• Type: The page's content type (overview, tutorial, etc.), linked to information about and criteria for that content type
• Tags: I'm conflicted about this one. I think we need to think through specific examples of what would be included here and how it would differ from the existing category system
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