Business Glossary

What is a Business Glossary?

A repository of clearly defined business terms in plain language about key business information used in day-to-day business operations and analysis

• campus-wide knowledge set of common definitions
• information designed to improve business understanding and use of data
• captures business terms and definitions in Data Cookbook

What is Data Cookbook?

The Data Cookbook is a Business Glossary and a data governance tool. Rice University currently uses Data Cookbook to capture business terms and definitions.