How metadata can help

One of the most effective ways to create value from your companies’ datasets is to create Metadata examples that can help others in the organization think about ways data sets can be managed and leveraged.


One of the most effective ways to create value from your companies’ datasets is to create Metadata examples that can help others in the organization think about ways data sets can be managed and leveraged. Often, the way an external data set like weather or climate information is layered with an internal data set can be replicated for other use cases. The key takeaway is to allow the organizations data science team to collaboratively learn from one another about innovative analytics use cases and hopefully extend the innovation into new areas. The following meta data example comes from work EPRI collaborated on across different sectors as part of a cross cutting analytics initiative.