# Business Metadata

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> Updated: 2026-05-13T21:01:07.224Z
> Type: glossary
> Category: veri-muhendisligi-ve-ai-altyapisi
**TLDR:** The metadata layer that explains the business meaning, usage purpose, and enterprise definitions of data assets.

<p>Business metadata describes the business meaning of data rather than its purely technical structure. It explains what a field represents in the business domain, which KPI it relates to, and how different teams should interpret it. Data that is technically correct but semantically unclear cannot generate real decision-support value. For that reason, business metadata is critical for data literacy and enterprise metric consistency.</p>