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title: Annotation
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id: annotation
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date: 2018-04-12
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full_link: /docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/annotations
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short_description: >
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A key-value pair that is used to attach arbitrary non-identifying metadata to objects.
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aka:
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tags:
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- fundamental
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---
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A key-value pair that is used to attach arbitrary non-identifying metadata to objects.
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The metadata in an annotation can be small or large, structured or unstructured, and can include characters not permitted by {{< glossary_tooltip text="labels" term_id="label" >}}. Clients such as tools and libraries can retrieve this metadata.
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