14. The method of claim 12 further comprising functional descriptive material that causes the data processing system to perform additional actions comprising: assigning an algorithm to the selected trust factor; and executing the assigned algorithm, the execution of the assigned algorithm resulting in the trust factor metadata score.
15. The method of claim 14 further comprising functional descriptive material that causes the data processing system to perform additional actions comprising: receiving a priority value from an information consumer, wherein the priority value is associated with the selected trust factor, and wherein the priority value is used by the assigned algorithm to generate the resulting trust factor metadata score.