The Data Catalog is a data repository that captures the business context for the company. It allows you to capture the characteristics of data (concepts, definitions, terms, semantics) as used by a business domain, associating them with those of its implementation(s) and/or use(s) by systems (identifier, concepts, definitions, terms, semantics, format, syntax, type, list of allowed values, etc.). It can be an application or an application suite comprised of, among other thing

Defining a "Data Catalog" is a tricky exercise, as leaders and experts generally envision different use cases and characteristics. However, all Data Catalogs on the market seem to share two key characteristics: the management of business metadata (context, business, solution, technology, etc.) and the management of metadata for technical solutions or implementations (operational data storage systems, digital applications, transactional systems, analytical systems, etc.). What