Out-of-the-box metamodel for Business Glossary

Business Glossary has specific asset types and domain types.

Asset types

The following table contains the out-of-the-box asset types that are relevant for Business Glossary.

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Asset type	Asset type	Description
Business Asset	Business Asset	A type of asset that is exclusively used and governed by the business user community. Its instance assets, and all instances instantiating its subtypes, pertain to the business organization. Business assets typically include business concepts like Business Term, Business Process, Line of Business, etc. that help to build the semantics of any organization with insufficient details to build an actual business application.
AI Agent	Business Asset AI Agent	AI Agent is a system or program that can autonomously perform tasks, such as make decisions based on predefined rules or learned patters, or take actions to achieve specific goals.
Azure AI Foundry Agent	Business Asset AI Agent Azure AI Foundry Model	A subtype of AI Agent that represents AI agents in Azure AI Foundry.
AI Model	Business Asset AI Model	AI Model is a statistical model that is trained on datasets in order to make predictions on new data.
AWS Bedrock AI Model	Business Asset AI Model AWS Bedrock AI Model	A subtype of AI Model that represents AI models in Amazon Bedrock.
AWS SageMaker AI Model	Business Asset AI Model AWS SageMaker AI Model	A subtype of AI Model that represents AI models in Amazon SageMaker.
Azure AI Foundry Model	Business Asset AI Model Azure AI Foundry Model	A subtype of AI Model that represents AI models in Azure AI Foundry.
Azure AI Model	Business Asset AI Model Azure AI Model	A subtype of AI Model that represents AI models in Microsoft Azure AI.
Databricks AI Model	Business Asset AI Model Databricks AI Model	A subtype of AI Model that represents AI models in Databricks Unity Catalog.
MLflow AI Model	Business Asset AI Model MLflow AI Model	A subtype of AI Model that represents AI models in MLflow.
SAP AI Model	Business Asset AI Model SAP AI Model	A subtype of AI Model that represents AI models in SAP.
Vertex AI Model	Business Asset AI Model Vertex AI Model	A subtype of AI Model that represents AI models in Google Vertex AI.
AI Use Case	Business Asset AI Use Case	An AI Use Case is a specific application of artificial intelligence (AI) and AI Models trained on specific data in order to solve a business problem and deliver business value. Implementing AI Use Case may result in automating a task, improve decision-making or develop new products and services.
Data Concept	Business Asset Business Dimension Data Concept	A data concept is a high level theoretical representation of the most common data properties of a data domain. A data concept is the business counterpart of a data attribute in a logical data dictionary, just as a data attribute is the logical counterpart of a field or column in the physical data dictionary. (Example: an address is a data concept of the data domain customer or organization).
Data Domain	Business Asset Business Dimension Data Domain	Also known as Data Category or Subject area, this is a container of all the business data domains and data concepts that encompass associated terminology and definitions that an organization is trying to govern. Examples: Master Data (Customer, Product), Reference Data. Business Data Domains group Data Concepts (Year, Date, Address, Name, etc.)
Party	Business Asset Business Dimension Party	An association, corporation, partnership, proprietorship, trust, or individual that has legal standing. A Party has legal capacity to enter into agreements or contracts, assume obligations, incur and pay debts, sue and be sued in its own right, and to be held responsible for its actions.
Vendor	Business Asset Business Dimension Party Vendor	A provider of goods or services.
Business Term	Business Asset Business Term	A word or phrase that describes a concept that is used in a particular branch of business. Examples: customer, person purchase count, loan amount
Acronym	Business Asset Business Term Acronym	An abbreviation of a business term that forms a word or a name. It is formed by stringing the initial components of a business term together. It is often pronounced as a word. Examples: ERP, EDW, EAD
Measure	Business Asset Measure	An asset type that is used for calculations, such as sum, count, average, minimum or maximum. Examples: net sales, top customers, on-hand inventory
KPI	Business Asset Measure KPI	Key Performance Indicator, an indicator to periodically measure the success of or the progress towards a strategic goal of a particular activity or of an organization. Examples: employee turnover, customer attrition, claims denial rate
Data Attribute	Data Asset Data Element Data Attribute	A specification that defines a property of a data entity. Examples: CustomerBirthDate, EmployeeFirstName
Data Quality Job	Data Asset Data Quality Job	Representation of a job executed in Collibra Data Quality & Observability.
Data Set	Data Asset Data Set	A collection of related sets of data assets that are data elements or composed of data elements. Example: Customer Contact information
Data Entity	Data Asset Data Structure Data Entity	A unit of data that can be classified and can have a stated relationship to other units of data. Examples: Customer, Employee
Data Model	Data Asset Data Structure Data Model	A diagram that organizes data elements and standardizes how the data elements relate to one another. The Data Model is often used as a communication aid between business and technology. Examples: Customer Subject area model, Event Subject area model
Data Usage	Data Asset Data Usage	An asset that clearly documents how the data can be used between data produces and consumers for specific purpose Example: Sales growth information that is available to share for read-only requirements
Assessment Review	Governance Asset Assessment Review	An asset of this type is created when an assessment is conducted on an asset and submitted for review.
Data Quality Dimension	Governance Asset Data Quality Dimension	Represents criteria that are relevant for assessing quality and categorizes different aspects of how data quality is measured. Examples: accuracy, completeness, consistency
Data Quality Metric	Governance Asset Rule Data Quality Metric	An implementation of data quality rules in a selected physical database system using a particular data quality tool. Example: CRM.ACT.Tx_ID cannot be null, must be a 9-digit number and has to take the 999-99-9999 format in the CRM system, and ERP.Cust.SSN has to take the 999999999 format in the ERP system.
Data Quality Rule	Governance Asset Rule Data Quality Rule	A specification that defines which actions are required to measure the quality level of a data element for its intended use. Example: SSN must be a unique 9-digit identification number for 100% of US personal accounts for tax processing.

In the latest UI, you can view the associated product by adding the Products column to the Asset types tab page in the Collibra settings. You can then also see whether the product is active in your environment.

Domain types

The following table contains the out-of-the-box domain types that are relevant for Business Glossary.

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Type	Type	Description	Asset types
BI Catalog	BI Catalog	A collection of Tableau assets with the list of related attributes.	Tableau Project Tableau Site Tableau View Tableau Dashboard Tableau Story Tableau Worksheet Tableau Workbook Tableau Data Attribute Tableau Report Attribute Tableau Data Entity Tableau Data Model Tableau Server Tableau Data Source
Business Asset Domain	Business Asset Domain		Business Asset Business Dimension BI Folder
Report Catalog	Business Asset Domain Report Catalog	A collection of reports and their definitions with the list of related report characteristics.	Measure KPI Report BI Report Report Attribute BI Report Attribute
Glossary	Glossary	A prioritized list of business terms and acronyms, and their meanings.	Business Term Acronym
Assessment Review Register	Data Governance Domain Assessment Review Register	Domain type for Assessment Review assets, which are created when an assessment is conducted on an asset and submitted for review.	Assessment Review

Workflows

The table below contains the out-of-the-box workflows that are relevant for the Business Glossary.

Name	Description	Visual representation
Approval Process	The Approval Process workflow allows you to approve an asset in Collibra Platform. This is a more powerful version of the Simple Approval Process.
Cancel Process	This process notifies the concerned users of a workflow cancellation.
Escalation Process	This process is the default mechanism for the escalation of user tasks in workflows.
Propose New Business Asset	This process facilitates the creation of new Business Assets in the Data Governance Council community.
Propose New Business Term	This process facilitates the creation of new Business Term assets in the Data Governance Council community.
Simple Approval	The Simple Approval workflow is a single-step process that allows you to approve an asset in Collibra Platform.
Voting Sub-Process	The Voting Sub-Process is a workflow that can be called by other workflows when users need to vote. It is used within other out-of-the-box workflows such as the Approval Process, the Simple Approval or the Issue Management workflow. You can use this sub-process in new custom workflows. The result is a true or false boolean that is provided to the parent workflow.