Glossary Terms and OKRs for Data Stewards

Data Stewards add and maintain much of the business context that makes Microsoft Purview Unified Catalog useful to data consumers.

Glossary terms

Glossary terms provide agreed business meaning and can be linked to data products, data assets, columns and other governed concepts. Good terms help people use consistent language and understand what important business concepts mean.

Objectives and key results

OKRs connect governance activity to business outcomes by describing what a Governance Domain is trying to achieve and the measurable results that indicate progress.

Steward responsibilities

• Use clear names and business-facing definitions.
• Maintain ownership and supporting context.
• Connect terms to the relevant governed concepts.
• Review relationships as business language changes.
• Keep OKRs aligned to meaningful governance outcomes rather than treating them as catalogue decoration.

Data Product Owners should understand and support this business context, while Data Stewards normally perform the detailed curation and maintenance.