About this demo
The Atlan Glossary Parity Worksheet is a hands-on resource designed to help teams align their existing glossary or business terminology with Atlan’s glossary framework. This ensures consistency, discoverability, and usability of metadata across the organization.
The worksheet lists Atlan’s glossary fields alongside clear explanations and prompts you to map them to your own internal glossary fields. By creating this parity, teams can more easily migrate or synchronize metadata and establish a common language for data use.
Key glossary components include:
Glossary, Category, and Term – the core structure for grouping related terms and defining key concepts.
Description and Readme – spaces to explain the meaning of terms, capture context, and document usage in detail.
Certificate and Owners – fields to indicate the status of a term (draft, verified, deprecated) and the people responsible for it.
Linked assets, Related terms, and Recommended terms – methods for connecting glossary entries with data assets or similar terms for easier navigation.
Synonyms, Antonyms, and Translated terms – options to manage variations in language and meaning across teams or geographies.
Valid values, Classifies, Classified by – ways to define acceptable values and create hierarchical relationships among terms.
Tags and Announcements – tools to group assets for discoverability and highlight updates or important notes.
By using this worksheet, teams can:
Translate their existing glossary into Atlan’s framework.
Capture additional information through custom metadata or Readmes when no direct field exists.
Ensure terms are consistently defined, managed, and discoverable.
Build stronger foundations for data literacy, governance, and trust.
This worksheet is particularly valuable for data governance leads, business analysts, and platform owners tasked with harmonizing definitions across teams and systems.