Rethink Metadata … Blog Series

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Prelude

Metadata has played a vital role in almost all phases of my tech career.

• In the recent past, I’d lead the incubation & the journey of Unified Data Catalog product at PayPal.
• Prior to that, I was with Data Infra where the products I built relied heavily on Tech Metadata.
• At the time of writing this, I’m with ML Platforms Engineering, where metadata is crucial for ML Ops, Self-service & Performance.
• Regardless, across my transitions — one common touchpoint has been Metadata: in different forms. I continue to see the ever increasing relevance of Metadata in various shape & form.

You may be into Business Functions, APIs, Data, ML, Infra, or building tools & frameworks. Regardless, Metadata would play a vital role in shaping the works.

Welcome to the blog series “Rethink Metadata”.

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We shall look at keys aspects of metadata in 5 parts —

1. Metadata & it’s Facets
2. Relevance of metadata
3. Business Functions, Capabilities & Products
4. Gaps & Opportunities with leveraging Enterprise metadata
5. Unlocking the Potential of Enterprise Metadata

Credits

• Special Thanks to following folks for their review & for helping me structure my train of thought — Vladimir Bacvanski, Romit Mehta, Preethi Ganesan, Sarath Babu, Ashwin Rao, John Kanagaraj

Up Next…

Let’s look at — Metadata & it’s Facets

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