Irina Steenbeek’s analysis highlights that data lineage is a complex metadata construct vital for metadata management. Data lineage describes data’s journey through systems, linking business, technical, and operational metadata across four abstraction levels (business, conceptual, logical, physical). It supports metadata integration, a core challenge in metadata management, by mapping relationships between varied metadata types and repositories. Different stakeholders—from business experts to IT professionals—benefit from lineage based on their metadata needs. Automated data lineage tools enhance metadata integration and visualization, enabling effective metadata management across the enterprise​

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