The following are capabilities of the OCI Data Catalog service:
It provides a repository of searchable metadata. Data Catalog harvests metadata from data sources across the OCI ecosystem and on-premises to create an inventory of data assets. This helps data consumers easily find the data they need for analytics4.
It enables enrichment of the metadata. Data Catalog allows users to add business metadata such as business terms, tags, custom properties, and annotations to data assets. This helps provide more insight and context into the data5.
It can automate harvesting of data. Data Catalog supports on-demand or schedule-based automatic harvesting to ensure the data catalog always has up-to-date information4.