Metadata registration method and device

A method includes acquiring one or a plurality of first tables including a first data group regarding a first item, acquiring a second table corresponding to a result of executing a program with the one or the plurality of first tables set as an input, the second table including a second item and a second data group, generating, when a first name of the first item and a second name of the second item have a relationship in which the first name partially matches the second name, first information indicating the relationship between the first name and the second name while defining parts that partially match, registering the first information in a memory as metadata for the program, the metadata indicating a relationship between the one or the plurality of first tables set as the input and the second table set as an output.