Metadata Management

What is Metadata Management?

Metadata management is the process of organizing, storing, and managing data about data, or metadata. It involves the creation, maintenance, and use of metadata to improve the understanding, management, and accessibility of data and information assets.

Metadata is defined as data that describes and contextualizes other data. It provides information about the characteristics, content, and context of data assets, such as the name, format, location, and purpose of the data.

There are many different types of metadata, including descriptive metadata (e.g., title, author, subject), technical metadata (e.g., file format, size, resolution), and administrative metadata (e.g., access controls, rights management).

Metadata management is an important aspect of data governance and is essential for ensuring the proper organization, use, and security of data assets. It can help organizations to:

Improve the quality and accuracy of data by providing context and definitions Increase the discoverability and accessibility of data by providing clear metadata descriptions Enhance the security and compliance of data by providing metadata-based access controls Effective metadata management requires the use of tools and processes to create, maintain, and use metadata consistently across an organization. This may include the use of metadata standards, metadata schemas, and metadata repositories to manage metadata across different systems and data assets.

See Also

• IT Strategy (Information Technology Strategy)
• IT Governance
• Enterprise Architecture
• Chief Information Officer (CIO)
• IT Sourcing (Information Technology Sourcing)
• IT Operations (Information Technology Operations)
• E-Strategy