In its most basic form, a business glossary is one of the main components of a metadata repository (Where ‘metadata’ is defined as information that describes single data or sets of data).
Business Glossary objectives
For a business glossary to be successful, a clear definition of its purposes must be stipulated.
How is the Business Glossary created and improved?
Metadata in the corporate glossary can come from a variety of sources: IT systems, manual contributions, etc.