Data catalogs and Data Governance work together and intersect in some very useful ways. Data catalogs communicate information about an organization’s data assets, and where they are located. Data Governance, on the other hand, deals with the overall management of data, such as accuracy, usability, security, and the established processes the organization uses. Data Governance […]
The Value of Metadata Governance
Data, by itself, is just data. But put data in context—that’s when it becomes useful information. Robert Seiner, while speaking at the DATAVERSITY® Enterprise Data Governance Online Conference, said that what provides that context is metadata: “Data plus metadata equals the information that our organizations need to use to be successful.” Seiner is President and […]
Now is the Time: Perspectives on the Challenges and Value of Metadata
Click to learn more about author David Schott In the era of publishing’s emergent global digital marketplace, many organizations are struggling with strategic questions about how to change their approach, planning, and execution around creating and managing their metadata. In the traditional publishing world, a significant portion of the metadata created and stored was on […]
The Challenges of Metadata Governance
by Angela Guess Wayne Applebaum, VP of Analytics & Data Science at Avalon Consulting, recently wrote in InsideBigData, “As an ever increasing variety of data gets captured and analyzed, we face challenging issues of data governance in general and metadata governance in particular. Data governance has always been a challenge. Organizations have struggled for decades […]