Out-of-the-box metamodel for Reference Data

Reference Data has specific asset types and domain types.

Asset types

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

Asset type Description
Data Asset 
Code Set

An enumerated list of valid code values for a specific topic, where the code set is the whole and the code values are parts of that whole. It is a data asset that defines the set of permissible values to be used by other data assets.

Examples: Product Code Set, Person Gender Code, ISO 3166 Country Code

Data Asset 
Code Value

A valid form of representation for an asset, shortened or covert.

Examples:

  • In the Person Gender Code, “male”, “female”, “not known” and "not specified" are represented by the valid code values "1", "2", "0" and "9".
  • “US” is part of the "ISO 3166 code set" and refers to The United States of America.
Governance Asset  Rule
Validation Rule

A rule that describes a criterion to which content in DGC has to comply.

Domain types

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

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Use these options to filter the rows and columns of the table to your needs:

Domain type Description

Asset types

Application

Codelist

Any kind of data that is used solely to categorize other data found in a database, or solely for relating data in a database to information beyond the boundaries of the enterprise.

  • Code Set
  • Code Value

Reference Data

Codelist
Hierarchies

A Code list with a hierarchical structure in its Code Values

  • Code Set
  • Code Value

Reference Data

Data Governance Domain
Rulebook
A set of rules that are used as a basis for making decisions and governing programs or policies.
  • Rule
  • Business Rule
  • Data Quality Metric
  • Data Quality Rule
  • Data Helpdesk
  • Policy Manager
  • Reference Data
Validation Rule Domain A domain type for domains containing validation rules.

Validation Rule

Reference Data

Workflows

The following table contains out-of-the-box workflows that are relevant for Reference Data.

Name

Description

Visual representation

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 Code Value

This process facilitates the creation of new Code Value assets in the Data Governance Council community.

Propose New Data Asset

This process facilitates the creation of new Data Assets in the Data Governance Council community.

Propose New Governance Asset

This process facilitates the creation of new Governance 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.

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.