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AWS Glue for Handling Metadata

Analytics Vidhya

This article was published as a part of the Data Science Blogathon. Introduction AWS Glue helps Data Engineers to prepare data for other data consumers through the Extract, Transform & Load (ETL) Process. The post AWS Glue for Handling Metadata appeared first on Analytics Vidhya.

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How Metadata Improves Security, Quality, and Transparency

KDnuggets

Metadata is the data providing context about the data, more than what you see in the rows and columns. By managing your metadata, you're effectively creating an encyclopedia of your data assets.

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The Power of Active Metadata

Data Virtualization

Reading Time: 2 minutes As the volume, variety, and velocity of data continue to surge, organizations still struggle to gain meaningful insights. This is where active metadata comes in. Listen to “Why is Active Metadata Management Essential?” What is Active Metadata? ” on Spreaker.

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Metadata, the Neglected Stepchild of IT

Data Virtualization

Reading Time: 3 minutes While cleaning up our archive recently, I found an old article published in 1976 about data dictionary/directory systems (DD/DS). Nowadays, we no longer use the term DD/DS, but “data catalog” or simply “metadata system”. It was written by L.

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What Is Active Metadata Management and How Does It Work?

Octopai

First, what active metadata management isn’t : “Okay, you metadata! Now, what active metadata management is (well, kind of): “Okay, you metadata! Data assets are tools. Metadata are the details on those tools: what they are, what to use them for, what to use them with. . Quit lounging around!

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Cloud Data Science News – Beta 6

Data Science 101

Even though Amazon is taking a break from announcements (probably focusing on Christmas shoppers), there are still some updates in the cloud data science world. If you would like to get the Cloud Data Science News as an email, you can sign up for the Cloud Data Science Newsletter. Here they are.

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Where Do Data Catalogs Fit in Metadata Management?

Alation

In an earlier blog, I defined a data catalog as “a collection of metadata, combined with data management and search tools, that helps analysts and other data users to find the data that they need, serves as an inventory of available data, and provides information to evaluate fitness data for intended uses.”.