{"id":12708,"date":"2013-02-08T10:04:46","date_gmt":"2013-02-08T10:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/object-metamodeling\/"},"modified":"2013-02-08T10:04:46","modified_gmt":"2013-02-08T10:04:46","slug":"object-metamodeling","status":"publish","type":"definition","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/28585\/object-metamodeling","title":{"rendered":"Object Metamodeling"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span id=\"what_does_object_metamodeling_mean\">What Does Object Metamodeling Mean?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Object metamodeling is a model used to prototype the modeling of an object. 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