The SAS Common Metadata Repository is a full functioning metadata repository that is used by both SAS and non SAS applications to store, retrieve and manipulate metadata.
Metadata standards are key to cross-vendor product integration.
While there is as yet no single standard for metadata exchange, there are a few candidates which are gaining wider acceptance in the industry. It is important that this shared metadata also interoperates with these emerging metadata standards. This paper discusses SAS metadata and integration of SAS metadata with current industry standards and trends. 2001 SAS Institute Inc. All Rights Reserved.