{"id":10,"date":"2022-06-09T12:48:33","date_gmt":"2022-06-09T12:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eck.uidev.site\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2023-07-14T16:10:21","modified_gmt":"2023-07-14T16:10:21","slug":"overview-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/markets.eckerson.com\/next-generation-data-catalogs\/overview-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Definitions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\t<div style=\" z-index: 2\" class=\"simplesub wow zoomIn bgblue b100w notoppover footunder cwidetext withtitle singleno\">\n\t\t\t\t<h1>Definitions<\/h1>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"textblockwrap\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"txt\">\n\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One way to define a data catalog is to define what it\u2019s not. Simply, a data catalog is not a data dictionary, although there are similarities. Unfortunately, many people still confuse the two.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The major difference is that a data dictionary is geared to technical professionals and contains technical metadata whereas a data catalog is geared to business professionals and contains business metadata.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This is not to say that a data catalog can\u2019t contain technical metadata\u2014many do. But it\u2019s imperative that your data catalog has robust access controls so it can control what content is displayed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If your data catalog displays technical metadata to business users they won\u2019t use the data catalog. They\u2019ll see the content as \u201cotherworldly\u201d and stop using the data catalog. <\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sub\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"quote\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cA data dictionary is geared to technical professionals, whereas a data catalog is geared to business users.\u201d<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vidimg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"iframelink\">youtu.be\/BhioagZ3vIw<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<iframe class=\"videoem\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BhioagZ3vIw?rel=0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"txtlnk\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Defining a Data Catalog<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\n\n<div id=\"figure\" class=\"entry-content\">\n<div style=\" z-index: 2\" class=\"figure wow fadeIn bgdorange b80w notoppover footover\" data-wow-delay=\"0.4s\">\n\t\t<h2>Figure 1. Clearing Up Confusion<\/h2>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\n\t    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/markets.eckerson.com\/next-generation-data-catalogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2023\/07\/Figure-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"ref\"><\/div>\n\t\n\t<a class=\"close\" href=\"https:\/\/markets.eckerson.com\/next-generation-data-catalogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2023\/07\/Figure-1.jpg\">View Large<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\t<div style=\" z-index: 1\" class=\"wow fadeInDown resources bgblue topunder colsingle b60w\">\n\t<h2>Additional Resources<\/h2>\n\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t<li><a class=\"icon sml iwebsite\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eckerson.com\/register?content=introduction-to-data-catalogs\">Dave Wells, \u201cAn Introduction to Data Catalogs\u201d, Eckerson Group, January 2020. <\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1333,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/markets.eckerson.com\/next-generation-data-catalogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/markets.eckerson.com\/next-generation-data-catalogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/markets.eckerson.com\/next-generation-data-catalogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markets.eckerson.com\/next-generation-data-catalogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markets.eckerson.com\/next-generation-data-catalogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":148,"href":"https:\/\/markets.eckerson.com\/next-generation-data-catalogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2404,"href":"https:\/\/markets.eckerson.com\/next-generation-data-catalogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions\/2404"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markets.eckerson.com\/next-generation-data-catalogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/markets.eckerson.com\/next-generation-data-catalogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}