# Context An important piece of meta-data for a metric is whether it should be maximized or minimized. This e.g. allows for the automatic sorting of results. # Acceptance Criteria - The `direction` attribute is added to the [`MetricInfo`](https://github.com/polaris-hub/polaris/blob/main/polaris/evaluate/_metric.py#L9-L19) class. # Links - Related PR on the hub-side: https://github.com/polaris-hub/polaris-hub/issues/161