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Classification Drill

Classify each clue before checking the key.

  1. Approved definition of “Active Customer” → ______
  2. Physical table name and datatype → ______
  3. Last successful ETL run time → ______
  4. Enterprise business term and Steward → ______
  5. Field uniqueness/default/storage characteristics → ______
  6. Search for which system contains a subject → ______
  7. Persistent enterprise copy harvested from sources → ______
  8. Portal queries sources live with no central persistence → ______
  9. Standard definitions central; detailed runtime Metadata fetched live → ______
  10. Approved Metadata update writes back to a source repository → ______
  11. Model of System / DataElement / Mapping / Steward relationships → ______
  12. Mapping specification describing intended flow → ______
  13. Actual production code path → ______
  14. “Where did this sensitive field go?” → ______
  15. “What reports/jobs break if this field changes?” → ______
  16. 1,100 documented elements out of 2,000 in scope → ______
  17. Few repository searches despite strong coverage → ______
  18. Conflicting duplicate definitions despite strong coverage → ______
  19. Missing accountable Stewards → ______
  20. Source/version/format/date captured as a file enters a lake → ______

Classification Key

  1. Business Metadata.
  2. Technical Metadata.
  3. Operational Metadata.
  4. Business Glossary / Business Metadata.
  5. Data Dictionary / Technical Metadata.
  6. Directory/Catalog.
  7. Centralized Metadata Architecture.
  8. Distributed Metadata Architecture.
  9. Hybrid Metadata Architecture.
  10. Bi-Directional Metadata Architecture.
  11. Metamodel.
  12. As Designed Lineage.
  13. As Implemented Lineage.
  14. Data Lineage.
  15. Impact Analysis.
  16. Metadata repository completeness.
  17. Metadata usage/adoption.
  18. Metadata documentation quality.
  19. Steward representation / Governance gap.
  20. Metadata capture at Big Data/data-lake ingestion.

For every answer, say the clue that ruled out the nearest alternative.

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