A data catalog is a collection of all data assets of an organization which uses metadata along with data management to help business users find data for their use case. A data catalog covers the discoverability feature of a database. It can also help build the lineage of the data.
Some examples of data catalog tools are:
1. Alation
2. Ataccama
A data catalog can help solve the below problems:
1. Data security
2. Data redundancy
3. Data reproducibility
4. Data steward
5. Data staleness checks
6. Frequency of refresh
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