Term: Metadata Repository

Glossary Definition

Last Updated: 2012-12-03

Definition:

The Metadata Repository is a documentation library that stores knowledge about the various databases that MCHP maintains in the Manitoba Population Research Data Repository (Repository). As a library, it provides a consistent set of documentation components for each database, including:

• an overview description of each database;
  
• data model diagram(s) to depict visually the relationships between datasets within a database;
  
• data quality report(s) that evaluates the data element quality, illustrates data trends, and looks at the agreement and linkability of datasets;
  
• a data dictionary that facilitates the presentation of statistical and descriptive details about each data element within a dataset;
  
• links to project and source agency documents and reports, MCHP concepts and relevant validation studies about the data; and
  
• a blog for content related discussions / notes about the data and databases.

Related terms 

• Crosswalk
• Data Dictionary
• Data Management Process
• Interpretability
• Manitoba Centre for Health Policy (MCHP)
• Manitoba Population Research Data Repository (Repository)

Term used in 

• Lix L, Smith M, Azimaee M, Dahl M, Nicol P, Burchill C, Burland E, Goh C, Schultz J, Bailly A. A Systematic Investigation of Manitoba's Provincial Laboratory Data. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2012. [Report] [Summary] (View)