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Data Catalog Service Overview

The Data Catalog Service is a central component in the Sidra Data & AI Platform, enabling intelligent metadata discovery and automated documentation of data assets.

This service provides a structured, searchable, and AI-augmented interface for discovering Entities, Attributes, and related metadata. It powers the Sidra Web experience for data discovery, tagging, and entity documentation.

The Data Catalog Service is built on Sidra’s metadata-driven architecture and includes dedicated metadata storage and lineage tracking for all managed Assets. It integrates seamlessly with other platform services such as the Data Quality Service and API Builder.

Capabilities include:

  • Centralized metadata registry for Entities and Attributes
  • Tagging, classification, and advanced search
  • Visualization of metadata and lineage
  • Support for programmatic and UI-based exploration
  • Integration with Data Quality Service for validation context
  • Generative AI-based enrichment for automatic metadata description

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Historically, the Data Catalog was part of the Sidra Service. As part of our initiative to modularize the platform, portions of the catalog functionality—particularly the AI-driven description engine—have been migrated to this standalone service. This is an ongoing effort, and in future releases, the full catalog experience will be fully decoupled from the Sidra Service.