Correct Answer:
C. Digital
Metadata is fundamentally digital evidence because it consists of data that provides information about other data, such as creation date, author, or file size. This information is stored and processed electronically, making it inherently digital. It is not
- Oral, which refers to spoken testimony.
- Documentary, which typically refers to physical paper documents, although digital documents can also be considered documentary evidence in a broader sense, metadata specifically refers to the digital attributes.
- Physical, which refers to tangible objects.
Therefore, metadata's nature as 'data about data' in an electronic format firmly places it in the digital evidence category.