Metadata‑beheer is een begrip binnen de industriële digitalisering en data, analyse & business intelligence.

Definitie

Metadata-beheer is het systematische proces van het vastleggen, organiseren, onderhouden en toegankelijk maken van metadata - informatie over data. Het omvat de levenscyclus van data-beschrijvingen, definities, relaties en kwaliteitskenmerken om data governance en efficiënt data management te ondersteunen.

Kenmerken

  • Data catalogization: Centralized inventory van alle data assets en hun eigenschappen
  • Schema management: Database structure documentation en versioning
  • Lineage tracking: Data flow en transformation history documentation
  • Quality metrics: Data accuracy, completeness, consistency measurement
  • Access control: Permission management en data privacy compliance
  • Business glossary: Common terminology en data definition standardization
  • Change tracking: Metadata version control en audit trails
  • Search capability: Discoverable data assets through metadata queries
  • Integration APIs: Programmatic access tot metadata repositories

Toepassing

Manufacturing data governance:

  • Process data: Time-series data documentation en quality metrics
  • Quality data: Measurement system metadata en traceability
  • Production metrics: KPI definitions en calculation methods
  • Equipment data: Machine specifications, maintenance histories, performance baselines

Master data management:

  • Product catalogs: Part numbers, specifications, revision histories
  • Supplier information: Vendor details, certification status, quality ratings
  • Customer data: Account information, order histories, quality requirements
  • Material properties: Chemical compositions, mechanical properties, test results

Regulatory compliance:

  • Quality standards: ISO 9001, SPC documentation requirements
  • Traceability records: Material certifications, process parameters, test results
  • Audit preparation: Compliance documentation en evidence management
  • Change control: ECO metadata en approval workflows

Business intelligence:

  • Data warehouse: ETL process documentation en data dictionary
  • Report definitions: Metric calculations, data sources, update frequencies
  • Dashboard metadata: Data sources, refresh schedules, user access rights
  • Analytics models: Algorithm descriptions, input variables, performance metrics

Integration management:

  • ERP systems: Data mappings tussen systems
  • MES integration: Production data exchange formats
  • IoT data streams: IIoT sensor metadata en data schemas
  • Cloud platforms: Data lake metadata en access patterns

Gerelateerde begrippen

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Bronnen

  • Apache Atlas - Open source metadata management platform
  • Collibra - Enterprise data governance en metadata management
  • Informatica Axon - Data governance platform with metadata capabilities
  • Alation - Data catalog en metadata management solution
  • Microsoft Purview - Azure cloud metadata en data governance service
  • IBM Watson Knowledge Catalog - AI-powered metadata management
  • Talend Data Catalog - Data discovery en metadata management tools

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