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The other data catalog: governance, lineage, and OpenMetadata
"Catalog" means two different things in the lakehouse: the runtime catalog in your query path (Unity, Polaris) and the governance catalog beside it (OpenMetadata, DataHub). The second is where lineage, ownership, and trust live — and where the next fight is.
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