Governance beyond security: knowledge, context & ontology on the lakehouse
Sep 3, 2026

Summary
This post details the evolution of the Governance Hub to unify governance across different engines and catalogs within the Open Lakehouse, extending beyond security to encompass knowledge, context, and ontology management. It introduces the concept of a knowledge graph built on top of the Lakehouse, enabling semantic search and intelligent data discovery. The post discusses the technical challenges of integrating diverse metadata sources and building a unified ontology for the data estate.
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