A collection of business initiatives, business terms, categories, and policies. Different teams within an organization might create and maintain separate glossaries, such as Finance and Human Resources.

A descriptive classification of business terms and policies. Create a category to group related business terms and policies in a glossary. Users can search for business terms and policies within categories. For example, you might create a category called "Account Status" and associate the terms "delinquent account" and "canceled account" with it.

A word or phrase that uses business language to define relevant concepts for business users in an organization. A business term contains properties such as name, description, and usage. Optionally, you can associate a business term with a category. A business term can also contain relationships to other business terms or assets. For example, you might create a relationship between the terms "past due" and "grace period."

The business purpose, process, or protocol that governs business practices that are related to business terms. For example, a retail store might create a policy called "Rewards" that describes the policy for sending reward vouchers to different levels of customer. You assign the policy to the terms "Gold customer," "Silver customer," and "Bronze customer."