Earlier in 2023, we discussed The Importance of Metadata here in the DBA Corner column. And, indeed, metadata is more important than ever before because it helps us to understand our data. Data ...

In 2021, Gartner dropped Metadata Management from their Magic Quadrant, replacing it with a Market Guide for Active Metadata Management. On the surface, this may seem like a minor change, but in ...

Let’s make metadata great again. Okay, perhaps that’s not the best slogan for my new campaign, but you get my drift. I want some enthusiasm, folks. Metadata for e-commerce has been sitting in the ...

At its most basic level, metadata is about 5W1H—the who, what, where, when, why, and how of a data set, object, or resource (such as an article, a book, or a journal). Gathering these basic bits of ...

CEO and Co-Founder of one of the first data intelligence platforms, BigID, and a privacy, security, and identity expert. Metadata is the lifeblood of modern data management — it's the key to being ...