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match code

a version of a character value from which some of the vowels have been removed, insignificant words (if any) have been removed, and the capitalization and formatting of words have been standardized. Match codes are used to identify clusters of similar values in a character variable or column. They can be used to reduce the number of duplicate entries in a data set.

metadata administrator

a person who defines the metadata for servers, metadata repositories, users, and other global resources.

metadata model

a definition of the metadata for a set of objects. The model describes the attributes for each object, as well as the relationships between objects within the model.

metadata object

a set of attributes that describe a table, a server, a user, or another resource on a network. The specific attributes that a metadata object includes vary depending on which metadata model is being used.

metadata repository

a collection of related metadata objects, such as the metadata for a set of tables and columns that are maintained by an application. A SAS Metadata Repository is an example.

metadata server

a server that provides metadata management services to one or more client applications. A SAS Metadata Server is an example.

metadata source control

in the SAS Open Metadata Architecture, a feature that enables multiple users to work with the same metadata repository at the same time without overwriting each other's changes.

See also change management.

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