3 Artifacts to Manage Your Metadata and Reference Data

3 Artifacts to ManageYour Metadata andReference Data

by George Firican

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George Fir icanT r e a t d a t a a s a n a s s e t

Profile:• Director, Data Governance & Business Intelligence at UBC ‐ DAE• 12+ years Business/Technical Analysis & Project Management in education,

software/web development and e‐commerce industries• 8+ years in Data Governance, Data Quality and Business Intelligence

Speaker:• Speaker at international conferences, webinars, and podcasts since 2013• Topics of Data Governance, Data Quality, Data Management, and Big Data

Education:• Master of Management | BSc in Computer Science• Business Analysis Certification | Master Data Quality Manager (ISO 8000)• Data Steward Certification | CIMP in Data Governance

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Awards:• 2019‐Prix d'Excellence for Data Analytics Project‐GOLD‐by CCAE• 2018‐Quality & Productivity Award for Business Glossary‐BRONZE‐by CAUBO• 2017‐Circle of Excellence Awards for Business Glossary‐GOLD&PLATINUM‐by CASE• 2015‐Best Practices Award for Tracing Lost Contact Data program‐BRONZE‐by CASE• 2014‐Best Practices Award for Data Governance & Quality Program‐BRONZE‐by CASE• 2013‐Winston Award on Innovation for Data Governance

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P r a c t i c a l c o n t e n t t o h e l p y o u w i t h y o u r d a t a g o v e r n a n c e a n d d a t a man a g eme n t q u e s t i o n s a n d c h a l l e n g e s .

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Business GlossaryData Dictionary

Data Catalog


BUS INES S GLOSSARY

A repository of information about data that provides

the description of a data element and its metadata.

DATA D I C T IONARY

An enterprise‐wide asset providing a single reference

source for the location of any data set required for

varying needs

DATA CATA LOG

T h e BUSINESS GLOSSARY, DATA DICTIONARY & DATA CATALOG

A G E N D A F O R T O D A Y ’ S S E S S I O N :


Terms we often encounter

H e r e a r e s o m e

B u s i n e s s G l o s s a r y

D a t a D i c t i o n a r y

D a t a C a t a l o g

B u s i n e s s D i c t i o n a r y B u s i n e s s S em a n t i c s

Te c h n i c a l Me t a d a t a

D a t a Vo c a b u l a r y

M e t a d a t a R e p o s i t o r y

B u s i n e s s L e x i c o n B u s i n e s s C a t a l o g

B u s i n e s s D a t aD i c t i o n a r y

B u s i n e s s C om p e n d i um


Terms we often encounter

H e r e a r e s o m e

B u s i n e s s G l o s s a r y

D a t a D i c t i o n a r y

D a t a C a t a l o g


A collection of business terms with their unique definitions and other useful related information.


EXAMPLES OFBUSINESS GLOSSARIES

H E R E A R E S O M E

Can be found i n documents , cont rac t s , sys tems

and sp readsheet s , books and manua l s , etc .

GIFT THAT KEEPSON GIVING

T H E B U S I N E S S G L O S S A R Y I S T H E


Business GlossaryW h a t i s a

A c o l l e c t i o n o f b u s i n e s s t e rm s w i t h t h e i r u n i q u e d e f i n i t i o n s a n d

o t h e r u s e f u l r e l a t e d i n f o rm a t i o n

B U S I N E S S

Co l l e c t i o n o f b u s i n e s s t e rm s

a n d c o n c e p t s

AT T R I B U T E S

E x t r a i n f o rm a t i o n f o r b e t t e r

c o n t e x t a n d e x p l a n a t i o n

A C C E S S I B L E

Re a d i l y a n d a c c e s s i b l e

t h r o u g h o u t t h e o r g a n i z a t i o n

B U S I N E S S ‐OWN E D

Con t r o l l e d a n d u p d a t e d b y

t h e b u s i n e s s

BENEFITS

Consistent communication

between business units and not

only

I m p r o v e s C ommun i c a t i o n

Owner assignment for specific terms

and business areas

E s t a b l i s h e s Owne r s h i p

Enhances productivity and increases the

timeliness of decision‐making processes

I m p r o v e s P r o d u c t i v i t y


BENEFITS OF A BUSINESS GLOSSARY

There a r e a l o t o f bene f i t s and r e a son s why an

o r gan i z a t i on shou l d i n v e s t i n a Bus i ne s s

G lo s s a r y . He re a r e a f ew o f t h em .

BUS INES S GLOSSARY



DATA D I C T IONARY



varying needs

DATA CATA LOG




A collection of business terms with their unique

definitions and other useful related information.

Data DictionaryW h a t i s a

S P E C I F I C AT I O N S

Da t a t y p e , s i z e , a l l ow e d

v a l u e s , c o n s t r a i n t s ,

r e l a t i o n s , e t c .

D B ‐ S P E C I F I C

L i s t o f t a b l e s a n d f i e l d s /

c o l umn s

PA S S I V E / A C T I V E

Non ‐ i n t e g r a t e d v s i n t e g r a t e d

d a t a d i c t i o n a r y

T E C H C E N T R I C

P r o v i d e s a n a p p l i c a t i o n /

t e c h n o l o g y c e n t r i c v i ew o f

t h e d a t a

A r e p o s i t o r y o f i n f o rm a t i o n a b o u t d a t a t h a t p r o v i d e s t h e

d e s c r i p t i o n o f a d a t a e l em e n t a n d i t s me t a d a t a .


BENEFITS

Technical metadata of each data

element

C l a r i f i e s Re q u i r eme n t s

Expedite training of new and existing

employees

A c c e l e r a t e Tr a i n i n g

Integrate data more

efficiently

S u p p o r t s MDM


BENEFITS OF A DATA DICTIONARY


o r gan i z a t i on shou l d i n v e s t i n a Da t a D i c t i ona r y .

He re a r e a f ew o f t h em .

BUS INES S GLOSSARY



DATA D I C T IONARY



varying needs

DATA CATA LOG








Data CatalogW h a t i s a

A n e n t e r p r i s e ‐w i d e a s s e t p r o v i d i n g a s i n g l e r e f e r e n c e s o u r c e f o r

t h e l o c a t i o n o f a n y d a t a s e t r e q u i r e d f o r v a r y i n g n e e d s .

D I R E C TO R Y

O f d a t a s e t s , d a t a l a k e s , d a t a

wa r e h o u s e s , a n y d a t a s t o r e s

E N T E R P R I S E ‐W I D E

In v e n t o r y o f d a t a s e t s ( s om e

me r g e d ) , l i s t o f d a t a

d i c t i o n a r i e s

S E L F S E R V I C E

F i n d a n d s e l e c t t h e d a t a s e t s

o n e n e e d s t o wo r k w i t h

C R OWD ‐ S O U R C E

Show s h ow u s e r s p e r c e i v e

t h e d a t a ’ s v a l u e

BENEFITS OF A DATA CATALOG


o r gan i z a t i on shou l d i n v e s t i n a Da t a Ca t a l og .

He re a r e a f ew o f t h em .

BENEFITS


Catalogs where certain data is

stored and who uses it

S u p p o r t s Re g u l a t o r y C omp l i a n c e

Provides data and context for self‐

service analytics

F o s t e r s a D a t a C u l t u r e

Enables trust and confidence in data

I n c r e a s e s Tr u s t

BUS INESS GLOSSARY, DATA DICT IONARY & DATA CATALOGR E L A T I O N S H I P S B E T W E E N

B U S I N E S S G LO S S A R Y

DATA D I C T I O N A R Y

DATA C ATA LO G






BU S INES S GLOSSARY



DATA D I C T IONARY



varying needs

DATA CATA LOG

BUSINESS GLOSSARY, DATA DICTIONARY & DATA CATALOG

M A I N D I F F E R E N C E S B E T W E E N


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