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Effective data management is a cornerstone of digital transformation in modern enterprises. Data catalogs have emerged as vital tools for organizing, governing, and enabling discovery of vast data assets across heterogeneous environments. By providing a centralized metadata repository enriched with automation, machine learning, and business context, data catalogs accelerate data democratization and enhance data governance. This paper surveys the evolving role of data catalogs in enterprise data management, highlighting their architectures, key features, and integration with data governance frameworks. We review leading data catalog platforms and practical implementation strategies, emphasizing case studies from finance, healthcare, and manufacturing sectors. Challenges such as metadata silos, data quality, and adoption barriers are discussed, alongside emerging trends like active metadata and AI-driven cataloging. Our findings illustrate that data catalogs transform how organizations manage data assets, enabling trust, compliance, and data-driven decision-making at scale. The data catalogues are changing rapidly with the adoption of artificial intelligence and machine learning. The technologies are enhancing metadata enrichment, classification, and discoveries of data, thus, making the management of data more effective.
Keywords:
Data catalog, metadata management, data governance, data discovery, AI-driven cataloging, data democratization, data quality, enterprise data management
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"Transforming Data: Role of Data catalog in Effective Data Management", International Journal for Research Trends and Innovation (www.ijrti.org), ISSN:2455-2631, Vol.9, Issue 12, page no.a756-a765, December-2024, Available :http://www.ijrti.org/papers/IJRTI2412081.pdf
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