The Enterprise Data Catalog: Improve Data Discovery, Ensure Data Governance, and Enable Innovation Paperback – 21 Mar. 2023

With the very timely arrival of Ole Olesen-Bagneux's "The Enterprise Data Catalog", I got some time to work through it.FWIW this was really helpful in framing some Data Management challenges I've been working on, particularly around "Active" Metadata, and the interlocking Data, Source, Asset, and Term lifecycles. (Also, for my sins, my first introduction to DIKAR, which is also very pertinent...)Now I just need to work out how to efficiently send my annotated version over to my colleague 🤣

Making information searchable and findable is not new. We have been doing it for centuries and have sophisticated programs in Library and Information sciences dedicated to supporting this endeavor. Yet many data catalogs and data cataloging programs fail by not leveraging these tried and true best practices. Ole's book provides an expert's level view of what it takes and how to approach building a data catalog using those practices. If you are just starting to build your data catlaog or have struggled with getting users engaged, add this book to your reading list.