Systems and methods for aggregating information-asset metadata from multiple disparate data-management systems

A computer-implemented method for aggregating information-asset metadata from multiple disparate data-management systems, at least a portion of the method being performed by a computing device comprising at least one processor, the method comprising:

• identifying, at a first data-management system, an information asset, wherein:
• the first data-management system manages information assets of an entity;
• a second data-management system manages information assets of the entity;
• the first data-management system and the second data-management system are different types of data-management systems that manage the information assets of the entity in different fields of data management;
• and
• the first data-management system, the second data-management system, and a global metadata repository are separate and distinct systems that are capable of independent operation;
• generating, at the first data-management system, first information-asset metadata of the single information asset;
• determining that the first information-asset metadata and second information-asset metadata belong to the information asset, wherein:
• the second information-asset metadata is stored in the global metadata repository;
• and
• the second information-asset metadata was generated by and collected from the second data-management system;
• storing the first information-asset metadata in the global metadata repository such that the first information-asset metadata and the second information-asset metadata are associated with the information asset.

A system for aggregating information-asset metadata from multiple disparate data-management systems, the system comprising:

• a receiving module, stored in memory, that receives, at a computing device that hosts a global metadata repository, first information-asset metadata and second information-asset metadata, wherein:
• the first information-asset metadata was received from and generated by a first data-management system that manages information assets of an entity;
• and
• the second information-asset metadata was received from and generated by second data-management system that manages information assets of the entity;
• the first data-management system and the second data-management system are different types of data-management systems that manage the information assets of the entity in different fields of data management;
• and
• the first data-management system, the second data-management system, and the global metadata repository are separate and distinct systems that are capable of independent operation;
• a storing module, stored in memory, that:
• determines, at the computing device, that the first information-asset metadata and the second information-asset metadata belong to a single information asset;
• and
• stores, at the computing device, the first information-asset metadata and the second information-asset metadata in the global metadata repository such that the first information-asset metadata and the second information-asset metadata are associated with the single information asset;
• a providing module, stored in memory, that provides, from the computing device, access to the first information-asset metadata and the second information-asset metadata stored in the global metadata repository to one or more of:
• the first data-management system;
• the second data-management system;
• and
• the entity;
• and
• at least one processor that executes the receiving module, the storing module, and the providing module.