Glossary assets include business terms, policies, and categories that contain information that consumers might search for. A glossary is a high-level container that stores Glossary assets. A business term defines relevant concepts within the organization, and a policy defines the business purpose that governs practices related to the term. Business terms and policies can be associated with categories, which are descriptive classifications.

A data steward publishes terms, categories, and policies after the approval process is complete. To publish many Glossary assets at once, the data steward can create a business initiative. A business initiative contains terms, categories, and policies that are impacted by a business decision or business change. A merger between two organizations is an example of a business change that might impact multiple Glossary assets.

Administrators create glossaries and templates that data stewards use to define business terms, categories, policies, and business initiatives. Data stewards standardize definitions, rules, and valid values for data across the organization.

After an asset is published, Glossary consumers can look up the asset through the Analyst tool. All Glossary consumers can view the history of an asset and follow the asset to receive notifications of changes.