Imagine a library that contains all the knowledge in the world that relates to construction products, components, materials, systems, etc.
Data Dictionary
Firstly, it contains a dictionary of what means what. It can help you translate the meaning of a ‘window’ or ‘width’ to any language in the world, including machine language. Moreover, it keeps all the knowledge about the relationships between things. It can tell you that ‘width’ is connected to ‘meter’ and ‘centimeter’, but not to ‘Volt’. It holds the information that window in the UK is connected to this standard and in the US to this standard.
Data Governance
Secondly, because this library is a digital one, it has special types of librarians who keep the rules in this world of knowledge….