After all, they do already manage a great deal of information on physical architecture, business classifications, glossaries, ontologies, information lineage, processes and roles, etc. There is also a market phenomenon at play here: certain historical business modeling players are looking to widen the scope of their offer by positioning themselves on the Data Catalog market.

But we seriously doubt that these modeling tools can provide a decent Data Catalog. They play a key role in the urbanization, the schema blueprints, the IS management, as well as regulatory compliance. We do not question the value of these models. They have developed several layers of models (conceptual, logical, physical) and have put in place an organization that helps the maintenance and sharing of these models with specific populations (business experts and IT people mostly). Some organizations, usually large ones, have invested for years in the modeling of their business processes and information architecture. A Data Catalog is NOT a Business Modeling Solution

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