ACCESS CONTROL TO METADATA MANAGEMENT
The metadata
management system should allow control of access to data and metadata depending
on user role and as stipulated by the effective legal regulatory requirements,
Code of Practice, Memorandum Of Understanding & Data Sharing Agreements.
METADATA MAINTENANCE
The metadata management system must provide the functionality to create,
view & maintain metadata via import, UI edit, API to an established level of
quality
GLOSSARY
The
metadata management system must provide the ability to maintain a glossary of
all names & terms used in the catalogue
LINKAGE, COMPARABILITY & DATA LINEAGE
The metadata management system shall provide functionality to link data
assets (variables, datasets, descriptions, definitions) to each other to allow
comparisons and to follow data lineage
DATA ISSUE MANAGEMENT/WORKFLOW
The metadata
management system shall provide any data issue management and resolution mechanism
driven by metadata.
AUTOMATED METADATA CAPTURE
The metadata
management system shall allow process driven capture of metadata relating to
end-to-end data asset journey.
QUALITY ASSURANCE & QUALITY METRIC CAPTURE
The metadata
management system shall allow recording of outcomes from Quality Assurance
processes and the capture of relevant quality measurements & metrics
METADATA IMPORT &
EXPORT
The metadata
management system shall provide the ability to export metadata to publication
channels and other destinations.
REFERENCE TO EXTERNAL DOCUMENT STORES
The
metadata management system shall have the ability to link data set definitions
to ancillary reference metadata,
e.g. Memorandum Of Understandings & Data
Sharing Agreements
METADATA DRIVEN WORKFLOW PROCESSES
The
metadata management system shall provide functionality to develop bespoke
workflows using metadata: e.g., a review or monitoring process
METADATA MONITORING DASHBOARD
The
metadata management system shall provide a MIS dashboard for monitoring
metadata associated with the data asset life cycle.
PERMISSION
The
metadata management system shall provide a functionality to give permission to
only authorised persons to perform certain tasks.
ASSET OWNERSHIP/ROLE
CHANGE UPDATES
The system
shall allow the users to know when ownership of assets change.
FLEXIBLE & COMPREHENSIVE SEARCH FUNCTION
The
metadata management system must have the ability to search by
name/theme/keyword/agent across all assets: i.e. datasets, variables,
processes, methods, date, sources, codes, flags, outputs, staff name, business
unit, asset ID, locations [this list is not exhaustive]