# cdiscpilotsdtm.meta()


pyreadstat-style metadata of a dataset.


Usage

``` python
cdiscpilotsdtm.meta(name)
```


## Parameters


`name: str`  
The dataset name, e.g. `"dm"`.


## Returns


`DatasetMeta`  
The metadata object the `<name>_meta` module attribute serves.


## Raises


`ValueError`  
If *name* is not a known SDTM dataset.


## Examples

``` python
>>> cdiscpilotsdtm.meta("dm").column_names_to_labels["STUDYID"]
'Study Identifier'
```