# Metadata Quality Score

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> Updated: 2026-05-13T20:59:24.328Z
> Type: glossary
> Category: veri-muhendisligi-ve-ai-altyapisi
**TLDR:** A quality score used to measure the completeness, freshness, clarity, and governance maturity of metadata.

<p>A metadata quality score is used to assess the quality of information stored in a catalog or registry. Criteria may include whether field descriptions exist, ownership is assigned, lineage is linked, and recency is acceptable. This approach treats metadata not as static documentation, but as a quality asset that must be managed. Metadata quality that is not measured tends to degrade over time.</p>