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title: Governance belongs in the catalog
description: When business meaning, data products and relationships live in one open
  catalog, agents stop guessing at tables and governance travels with the data.
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# Overview

When business meaning, data products and relationships live in one open catalog, agents stop guessing at tables and governance travels with the data.[^s1]

# Read the original

The full note is on muthub.org: [Governance belongs in the catalog](https://muthub.org/writing/unified-governance-in-the-catalog).

[^s1]: Governance belongs in the catalog, muthub.org, 2025-04-14.