Document default Table.meta as dict

dhomeier · Nov 5, 2024 · 8a120f5 · 8a120f5
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diff --git a/docs/table/access_table.rst b/docs/table/access_table.rst
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ Accessing Properties
 
 The code below shows accessing the table columns as a |TableColumns| object,
 getting the column names, table metadata, and number of table rows. The table
-metadata is an `~collections.OrderedDict` by default.
+metadata is a :class:`dict` by default.
 ::
 
   >>> t.columns

diff --git a/docs/table/construct_table.rst b/docs/table/construct_table.rst
@@ -720,10 +720,10 @@ meta
 ----
 
 The ``meta`` argument is an object that contains metadata associated with the
-table. It is recommended that this object be a :class:`dict` or
-:class:`~collections.OrderedDict`, but the only firm requirement is that it can
+table. It is recommended that this object be a :class:`dict`, but the
+only firm requirement is that it *must be a dict-like mapping* and can
 be copied with the standard library :func:`copy.deepcopy` routine. By
-default, ``meta`` is an empty :class:`~collections.OrderedDict`.
+default, ``meta`` is an empty :class:`dict`.
 
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