Namita Patel

  Quadrant Knowledge Solutions defines an Intelligent Data Catalog (IDC) as an extensive metadata repository responsible for creating and maintaining an inventory of data assets within an organization. It encompasses AI and ML models, both unstructured and structured data, data profiling, lineage, classification, data queries, and reports. IDC facilitates data professionals in connecting, collecting, discovering, organizing, accessing, understanding, consuming, and enriching data in a well-organized manner. The progression of intelligence within data catalogs has resulted in improved search functionalities, enhanced management of data quality, and more advanced data governance capabilities, as reflected in current market offerings. These advancements have elevated data catalogs to become more potent tools for organizations heavily reliant on data-driven decision-making processes. An intelligent data catalog serves as a centralized platform that integrates data from both internal...