# Metadata Registry

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> Updated: 2026-05-13T20:58:49.559Z
> Type: glossary
> Category: veri-muhendisligi-ve-ai-altyapisi
**TLDR:** A central registry where metadata objects are stored in a standardized, governable, and accessible form.

<p>A metadata registry ensures that metadata is stored not as scattered documentation, but in a standardized, governable, and searchable form. Data assets, schema versions, ownership details, and usage notes can all be managed systematically within this structure. The registry approach becomes especially critical as scale grows, because data knowledge can no longer live in individual memory. A strong registry becomes the institutional memory of the data platform.</p>