From Data Catalog to Business Memory

What this chapter covers

A data catalog describes tables. Business memory describes decisions — what a metric means, who owns it, how it changed, and why. This chapter is about turning the catalog you already have into the memory an agent can rely on.

Key takeaways

• Why catalogs stop short of what agents actually need
• The five properties of a definition an AI system can trust
• How to promote informal tribal knowledge into structured memory
• Roles and responsibilities for keeping business memory alive
• A migration path from a stale catalog to a living memory layer