What data governance tools support source-available architectures?

Source-available architectures can leverage various data governance tools to ensure compliance, security, and data quality.

Data lineage and cataloging:

  • Apache Atlas for comprehensive metadata management and data lineage tracking
  • Amundsen for data catalog and metadata management with strong community support
  • OpenLineage for standardized lineage tracking across different data processing systems

Data quality and testing:

  • Great Expectations for defining, testing, and documenting data quality expectations
  • dbt's built-in data quality testing and documentation capabilities
  • Custom data validation frameworks that integrate with your source-available stack

Access control and security:

  • Apache Ranger for comprehensive access control and data lineage management
  • Integration with cloud-native security tools for authentication and authorization
  • Custom RBAC implementations that align with your organizational security policies

Snowplow integration:

  • Leverage dbt's built-in data lineage features for monitoring Snowplow data transformations
  • Implement data catalogs that document Snowplow event schemas and business context
  • Use governance tools to ensure compliance with privacy regulations and data handling policies

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