Search Me: Why PIPER Makes Tables Findable When Metadata Goes Missing
Search Me: Why PIPER Makes Tables Findable When Metadata Goes Missing A data catalog is supposed to answer a simple question: where is the dataset I need? In practice, it often answers a different question: which dataset owner bothered to write a decent title, description, and tag list? That distinction matters. A table may contain exactly the columns, ranges, patient attributes, locations, dates, or transaction variables a team needs, while its metadata says something thrilling like “export_final_v3.csv.” The dataset is technically present. It is not findable. This is a familiar enterprise tragedy: the data lake is full, the catalog exists, and still everyone asks the same analyst where the useful files are. Excellent digital transformation, naturally. ...