Metadata Registry
The InfoLibrarian™ Metadata Registry is a foundational component of our platform, offering authoritative, standards-based metadata definitions to support enterprise-wide governance, interoperability, and data quality.
Built for Standards
- Supports ISO/IEC 11179 compliance for structured metadata
- Incorporates Dublin Core and custom vocabularies
- Prevents metadata duplication through controlled registration workflows
- Designed for regulatory and interoperability use cases
Registry vs. Repository vs. Catalog
Unlike a metadata repository, which stores comprehensive metadata and lineage,
or a data catalog, which enables user-friendly discovery,
a metadata registry focuses on:
- Authoritative naming and definitions of data elements
- Cross-system metadata harmonization
- Semantic standardization across departments
Use Cases
- Standardizing metadata for regulated industries (e.g., healthcare, finance, government)
- Driving consistency across enterprise systems and APIs
- Feeding metadata into catalogs, repositories, and data fabrics
Deep Metadata Roots
InfoLibrarian™ has been recognized by the metadata community and referenced in
Wikipedia's Metadata Registry
Wikipedia's Metadata Discovery
pages for its leadership and early contributions in this space. Our tools have supported metadata standardization and governance for Fortune 500s since the early 2000s.
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