Metadata repositories are a collection of files in a physical folder. In what format are the files stored?

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Options

• ASAS data sets
• BSAS metadata sets
• CXML
• DSGML

• A
  94% (44)
• B
  2% (1)
• D
  4% (2)

Explanation

SAS Metadata Repositories are physically stored on disk as SAS data sets - the same native file format (.sas7bdat) that SAS uses for all its data storage. The SAS Metadata Server reads and writes these data set files to manage metadata objects like libraries, servers, and users, making it consistent with the broader SAS ecosystem.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• B (SAS metadata sets) - This is fabricated terminology; no such file type exists in SAS.
• C (XML) - XML is used for exporting and transporting metadata (e.g., via SAS Open Metadata Architecture interchange), not for the physical storage of the repository itself.
• D (SGML) - SGML is the parent standard that XML evolved from; it has no role in SAS metadata repository storage.

Memory tip: SAS keeps it in the family - metadata lives in SAS data sets, the same format SAS uses for everything else. If you remember "SAS stores SAS things as SAS data sets," you won't be tempted by the XML distractor, which only applies to metadata transfer, not storage.

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