TopBraid by TopQuadrant is a comprehensive and advanced software solution designed to enhance data governance, semantic integration, and the creation and curation of knowledge graphs within enterprise environments.
What TopBraid Does
TopBraid, particularly through its flagship product TopBraid Enterprise Data Governance (EDG), addresses the complex data governance needs of organizations by harmonizing data, building semantic applications, and creating an enterprise semantic layer. This platform is trusted by Fortune 500 companies to improve data management, integration, and utilization across various data assets and applications.Key Features and Functionality
Data Governance and Management
- Integrated Data Governance: TopBraid EDG supports the governance of a wide range of data assets, including business glossaries, data sources, conceptual models, reference data, and business applications. It enables the capture and management of these assets, building relationships between them to ensure comprehensive data governance.
- Asset Collections and Types: The platform allows for the organization of assets into collections, such as reference datasets and taxonomies, which are model-driven and highly configurable.
Knowledge Graph Creation and Curation
- Knowledge Graph Management: TopBraid EDG 8.0 features a built-in vector database, enabling semantic similarity across the knowledge graph. This allows users to align ontologies, perform entity resolution, and automate the tagging of unstructured data without extensive model training.
- Integration with Graph Databases: The platform supports live integration with various graph databases like GraphDB, Neptune, or Wikidata, facilitating the reading and writing of both ontologies and instance data directly from the EDG interface.
Data Integration and Interoperability
- Data Lineage and Impact: TopBraid EDG provides tools for data lineage and impact analysis, showing the flow of data from its source to its destination and vice versa, presented in interactive diagrams.
- API Integration and Web Services: The platform integrates with third-party systems and clouds via Web Services interfaces and APIs, ensuring data is easily available to JSON and browser ecosystems.
Data Quality and Validation
- Data Quality Management: TopBraid EDG offers intuitive forms for creating data validation rules and supports complex data validation rules development by expert users.
- Data Profiling and Discovery: The platform includes features for data profiling, discovery, and mapping, which are crucial for understanding and managing data assets.
Security, Compliance, and Access Control
- Role-Based Access Control: TopBraid EDG includes role-based access control, ensuring that users have appropriate permissions to access and manage data assets.
- Regulatory Compliance: The platform supports regulatory compliance by enabling the mapping of data assets to business glossaries and aligning enterprise policies with these terms.
Collaboration and Customization
- Collaboration Tools: TopBraid provides collaboration tools that support business stakeholders in defining, linking, and using enterprise vocabularies in a flexible, web-based system.
- Customizable Dashboards and User Interfaces: The platform allows for customizable dashboards, reports, and user interfaces, as well as deep customizations using TopQuadrant’s TopBraid platform.
Additional Capabilities
- Workflow Automation: TopBraid EDG supports workflow automation, enabling the automation of various data governance processes.
- Audit Trails and Version Control: The platform includes audit trails and version control, ensuring transparency and traceability in data changes.
- Specialized Accelerators: TopBraid EDG 8.0 includes specialized accelerators such as the Medical Term Management (MTM) and Policy Enforcement Accelerator, which address specific industry needs.