Combing the web is simple, but how do you search for data at work? It's difficult and time-consuming, and can sometimes seem impossible. This book introduces a practical solution: the data catalog. Data analysts, data scientists, and data engineers will learn how to create true data discovery in their organizations, making the catalog a key enabler for data-driven innovation and data governance. Author Ole Olesen-Bagneux explains the benefits of implementing a data catalog. You'll learn how to organize data for your catalog, search for what you need, and manage data within the catalog. Written from a data management perspective and from a library and information science perspective, this book helps you: Learn what a data catalog is and how it can help your organization - Organize data and its sources into domains and describe them with metadata - Search data using very simple-to-complex search techniques and learn to browse in domains, data lineage, and graphs - Manage the data in your company via a data catalog - Implement a data catalog in a way that exactly matches the strategic priorities of your organization - Understand what the future has in store for data catalogs This book is a much-needed and refreshing addition to the data catalog landscape. Ole masterfully combines industry and practical experience with information and library science concepts to provide data catalog implementers with essential techniques for delivering a superior data discovery experience for their organization. Juan Sequeda, PhD
Prinicipal Scientist - data.world For too long the information science and data management communities have been far apart. Dr. Olesen-Bagneux's groundbreaking work clearly demonstrates the vital necessity of bringing these communities together toward realizing the full potential of data assets. The fresh perspectives developed in his book show us the way forward for innovation both in practice and in the study of data systems that reflect the human context of data work. George Fletcher, Professor in the Data and Artificial Intelligence Cluster at Eindhoven University of Technology Ole Olesen-Bagneux's book helps enterprise organizations navigate the complex data landscape with higher precision than ever before. It highlights the tremendous opportunity we have to harvest the full value of investing in data through an enterprise data search engine. Ole provides the magical missing piece that enables data-driven organizations to reach their full potential. This book is a must-read for all IT professionals, data authorities, and data enthusiasts. Ann Fogelgren, Chief Information Officer, GN Group Ole Olesen-Bagneux holds a PhD in Information Science from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, where he has also lectured in courses pivotal for data cataloging, such as Knowledge Organization and Information Retrieval, that teach you how to organize data in big collections and retrieve it again. He has worked within the field of Data Management and Governance as a leader, architect, and practitioner for over a decade in the life science sector. He has hands-on experience with several data catalogs, and currently works as an Enterprise Architect in GN Store Nord, in Copenhagen, Denmark.