Enterprise Glossary
Use the Enterprise Glossary to understand business terms, definitions and shared meaning when discovering and using data.
The Enterprise Glossary provides shared business meaning for the terms used across an organisation.
Why this matters
The same word can mean different things to different teams. A governed glossary helps reduce ambiguity by providing an agreed definition, context and accountability for important business terms.
As a data consumer, use glossary terms to:
- Understand unfamiliar terminology
- Confirm the intended business meaning of a field or concept
- Compare related data products and assets
- Identify ownership or stewardship for important terms
- Use consistent language when discussing data
Glossary terms are most useful when they are connected to data products and data assets rather than maintained as an isolated dictionary.
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