Amazon DataZone now supports metadata rules for publishing

Amazon DataZone is a data management service that makes it faster and easier for customers to catalog, discover, share, and govern data stored across AWS, on premises, and third-party sources. Amazon DataZone now supports metadata rules for data publishing workflows, in addition to existing support for subscription workflows. This enhancement allows organizations to enforce metadata standards consistently across both producer and consumer workflows. By standardizing metadata practices, organizations can improve compliance, enhance audit readiness, and streamline workflows for greater efficiency and control.

With metadata rules, domain owners can define mandatory metadata fields that data users must complete when publishing assets to the catalog or requesting access to data. For example, a financial services organization can require producers to classify data before publication, and consumers to provide project details and compliance evidence as part of an access request. Healthcare providers can use metadata rules to enforce metadata standards to align with patient data regulations.
Metadata rules also enable the creation of custom approval workflows for subscriptions to assets, using collected metadata to facilitate access decisions or auto-fulfillment—outside of Amazon DataZone.

To get started with metadata rules—

• Read the user guide for creating rules in the publishing workflow
• Read the user guide for creating rules in subscription requests