The recent CDI TechVent for Next Generation Data Catalogs was an eye opener.  A summary by Wayne Eckerson is available here plus a link to the replay:
https://lnkd.in/gDqQ25Ci

This session, led by Wayne Eckerson features a panel with experts Nitin Singhal of Snaplogic and David Hendrawirawan of Data Integrity First. The subject of data catalogs was grounded with purpose, challenge, history and architecture. Then a panel discussed trends and best practices. In addition, selected vendors presented their products and show how data catalogs have impacted their customers. Definitely watch this video to get up to date with data catalogs and their role in Modern Data Architecture.