Metadata and master data (MDM) solutions

Management of metadata, master data and master metadata

Metadata management and master data management (MDM) are components of Data governance and a comprehensive Enterprise Information Management (EIM) strategy that focuses the IRI software on important and unique Wise supported.

Workflow analysis and job modification in the IRI Voracity platform supports the management and persistence of metadata and master data as well as other data management objectives, including data quality management through basic data catalog definitions of data.

Read the tabs in this section to learn how to deal with them and how you can benefit from metadata and master data solutions:

Concept

Definition

Metadata

The descriptions and history of transaction (fact) and dimension tables, flat and index files, weblogs and other data sources in sequential structures (or distilled into sequential structures).

Metadata management

The processes, techniques and management guidelines for the development, storage, reuse, modification, release, analysis and persistence of metadata.

Master data

Company-critical „golden sources of truth“ or reference data. These values - such as customer data or product names - should be standardized, cleaned up and protected so that several groups can use them securely as part of MDM.

Master metadata

The metadata that defines the master data, a key data catalog component

Master data management (MDM)

The processes, techniques and management policies related to the identification, acquisition, integration (including cleansing and transformation), persistence, distribution and maintenance of master data