Capturing “tribal knowledge”: A data dictionary captures “tribal knowledge” about manufacturing operations that might otherwise have been locked inside people’s heads. Accelerating user onboarding: ...

When it comes to the value of a good data dictionary, the ROI calculation is a simple matter of 'pay me now or pay me later.' Written by Ramon Padilla, Contributor May 8, 2006, 6:40 a.m. PT ...

Descriptive metadata: You can think of descriptive metadata as a type that sheds light on the basic biography of a piece of data — details like the title, date published, and who the creator is.

Metadata Software A key component of data governance is an enterprise source of data definitions, standard reports and dashboards. Designed for higher education, Data Cookbook software is this ...

With Metadata Metrics enabled, data teams will be the first to know about stale data, table updates that are too big or too small, or changes in table utilization, thanks to Bigeye’s best-in ...

When scientists from two or more disciplines work together on related problems, they often face what we call ' science friction'. As science becomes more data-driven, collaborative, and ...