dealwithdataGoverned data, written as governed data.https://dealwithdata.com/2026-10-07T00:00:00Zhttps://dealwithdata.com/id/dwd_2p63wxfxBusiness term vs business element2026-10-07T00:00:00ZShan UmasankarA term is a word and its meaning. An element is governed data that carries that meaning in one context. Governance attaches to the element.https://dealwithdata.com/id/dwd_wg5zzqg2The metadata map: every piece, one example2026-10-07T00:00:00ZShan UmasankarCatalog, glossary, dictionary, lineage, profiling, quality, contracts, semantic layer: what each one is, shown on a single loan-balance column.https://dealwithdata.com/id/dwd_cb2bgvaeServing metadata to people, systems and agents2026-10-07T00:00:00ZShan UmasankarOne canonical model, one governed write path, many read paths. How to turn catalog changes into subscribable domain events, and which channel serves which consumer.https://dealwithdata.com/id/dwd_q3gbjug4Never recompute everything: incremental metadata feeds2026-10-07T00:00:00ZShan UmasankarA feed that reprocesses millions of datasets every run stops scaling. Recompute only what changed, plus what changed rules touch, and reconcile on a schedule.https://dealwithdata.com/id/dwd_5hhpphghOpen Semantic Interchange (Apache Ossie): what it is, and what it isn't yet2026-10-07T00:00:00ZShan UmasankarOSI is a portable format for semantic models: datasets, fields, joins, metrics and AI context. It is not a catalog, glossary, lineage or governance standard. Export to it; don't build your core on it yet.