The data governance person is a librarian
Organizing data for discovery can be laborious, but it is nothing new: the Library of Alexandria solved the same problem with indexing and search.
Ever thought that, deep down, whoever handles data governance is a lot like a librarian?
This challenge is not new. Back at the Library of Alexandria, once the architect who knew everything by heart left the scene, no one could find anything anymore. The fix was to create methods for indexing and search. Sound familiar?
At a recent tech meetup, I made the point that organizing data to ease discovery can be laborious, but it is nothing new. In other words, we are not reinventing the wheel, just building on a solid base.
If you want to go deeper, give The Enterprise Data Catalog, by Ole Olesen-Bagneux, a read.