The fifa-ng-db-meta.xml file is a metadata document used by the FIFA (now EA Sports FC) engine to define the structure and layout of the main database file, fifa_ng_db.db. It acts as a "map" that tells the game—and modding tools—how to read the tables, columns, and data types stored within the binary database. Locating the File
If you’ve used tools like RDBM (Relational Database Manager), FIFA Editor Tool, or Live Editor, you’ve indirectly relied on this file. fifa-ng-db-meta.xml
(XML snippets below are conceptual — actual files vary across releases.) The fifa-ng-db-meta
A. To read the database programmatically (Python example):
If you are using a library like fifa-tools or Etl to extract data, you pass this XML file as a schema argument. Specify links between tables (e