Classification Drill
Classify each clue before checking the key.
- Approved definition of “Active Customer” → ______
- Physical table name and datatype → ______
- Last successful ETL run time → ______
- Enterprise business term and Steward → ______
- Field uniqueness/default/storage characteristics → ______
- Search for which system contains a subject → ______
- Persistent enterprise copy harvested from sources → ______
- Portal queries sources live with no central persistence → ______
- Standard definitions central; detailed runtime Metadata fetched live → ______
- Approved Metadata update writes back to a source repository → ______
- Model of System / DataElement / Mapping / Steward relationships → ______
- Mapping specification describing intended flow → ______
- Actual production code path → ______
- “Where did this sensitive field go?” → ______
- “What reports/jobs break if this field changes?” → ______
- 1,100 documented elements out of 2,000 in scope → ______
- Few repository searches despite strong coverage → ______
- Conflicting duplicate definitions despite strong coverage → ______
- Missing accountable Stewards → ______
- Source/version/format/date captured as a file enters a lake → ______
Classification Key
- Business Metadata.
- Technical Metadata.
- Operational Metadata.
- Business Glossary / Business Metadata.
- Data Dictionary / Technical Metadata.
- Directory/Catalog.
- Centralized Metadata Architecture.
- Distributed Metadata Architecture.
- Hybrid Metadata Architecture.
- Bi-Directional Metadata Architecture.
- Metamodel.
- As Designed Lineage.
- As Implemented Lineage.
- Data Lineage.
- Impact Analysis.
- Metadata repository completeness.
- Metadata usage/adoption.
- Metadata documentation quality.
- Steward representation / Governance gap.
- Metadata capture at Big Data/data-lake ingestion.
For every answer, say the clue that ruled out the nearest alternative.