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their associated attributes. This list is joined with a description of each column.
The result is metadata going to the enterprise metadata repository in a much
more complete, robust manner. In this case, the list now contains tables, their
attributes, and a description of what each attribute represents.
Care must be taken with this approach. If at a later time, the same metadata
source is reentered into the enterprise metadata repository, the join must be
reexecuted. Otherwise the metadata that comes from the first source will be in
a raw state and will lack the completeness required.
7.3.4 Synonym Resolution
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