1. A method comprising: obtaining metadata at a server computer executing a data management application, the metadata comprising a data value and a time range associated with the data value; analyzing, by the server computer, the time range to identify a temporal metadata partition in which the metadata is to be stored; storing, by the server computer, the metadata in the temporal metadata partition; receiving, by the server computer, a query; executing, by the server computer, the query against event data stored in a temporal data partition to obtain an event data query result; identifying, by the server computer and in the event data query result, a timestamp; retrieving, by the server computer, the metadata from a relevant temporal metadata partition based upon the timestamp, wherein the metadata provides a context for the event data; computing, by the server computer, results based upon the metadata and the event data by selecting the event data based upon the metadata; and outputting, by the server computer, the results.