Data – Masterdata, Reference Data and Metadata

Data

Metadata (data about data)
– Data Dictionary is a detailed definition and description of data sets (tables) and their fields (columns) aka Technical Metadata
– Business Glossary/Data Glossary, is a list of business terms with their definitions. It defines business concepts for an organization or industry and is independent from any specific database or vendor aka Business Metadata

Master Data (describe entity, noun e.g customer, product, location)
– Reference data is concerned with classification and categorisation
– Master data is concerned with business entities.

Transaction Data (describe action, verb e.g buy)

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