Making README consistent, fixing "meta data" (#3244)

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Cricket Liu
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## Name
*metadata* - enable a meta data collector.
*metadata* - enables a metadata collector.
## Description
By enabling *metadata* any plugin that implements [metadata.Provider
interface](https://godoc.org/github.com/coredns/coredns/plugin/metadata#Provider) will be called for
each DNS query, at beginning of the process for that query, in order to add its own meta data to
each DNS query, at the beginning of the process for that query, in order to add its own metadata to
context.
The meta data collected will be available for all plugins, via the Context parameter provided in the
The metadata collected will be available for all plugins, via the Context parameter provided in the
ServeDNS function. The package (code) documentation has examples on how to inspect and retrieve
metadata a plugin might be interested in.
The meta data is added by setting a label with a value in the context. These labels should be named
The metadata is added by setting a label with a value in the context. These labels should be named
`plugin/NAME`, where **NAME** is something descriptive. The only hard requirement the *metadata*
plugin enforces is that the labels contains a slash. See the documentation for
plugin enforces is that the labels contain a slash. See the documentation for
`metadata.SetValueFunc`.
The value stored is a string. The empty string signals "no meta data". See the documentation for
The value stored is a string. The empty string signals "no metadata". See the documentation for
`metadata.ValueFunc` on how to retrieve this.
## Syntax