What is a data catalog – and why do you need one?
Learn why a data catalog is so valuable in helping you find and use big data at your business.
Tag: metadata management
What does security mean in the world of big data?
.@philsimon says that even seemingly useless information can be useful under the right circumstances.
What do metadata bridges, HAWQ and gender analysis have in common?
Now that another summer of 12-hour family road-trips to Maine and Ohio, pricey engineering and basketball camps for the kids, and beating the heat at the beach are over, I've taken a fresh look at what people are focused on with their data – and what SAS is providing in the data management space.
Reference data as metadata
In my last set of posts I started to look at some of the challenges associated with enterprise management of reference data domains, especially as the scope of use for the same conceptual reference domains expands across databases, systems, and functional areas within the organizations. Recognizing the value of capturing
Master metadata management
In my previous post, I used a game show metaphor for one aspect of metadata management, namely making sure table definitions are not ambiguously labeled. In this post, I will use name tags as a metaphor to discuss an important intersection of metadata management and master data management (MDM), an
A data governance primer, part 3: Data quality analysis and the diamond in the rough
The third part of my data governance primer series addresses data quality analysis. Don’t even start a data quality analysis until you have completed the first two steps of your root cause analysis: investigate and prioritize any potential causative factors, then start your metadata assessment. Otherwise, you may be misled