aid: google-cloud-data-catalog
name: Google Cloud Data Catalog
description: >-
  Google Cloud Data Catalog is a fully managed, scalable metadata management service that helps organizations discover, understand, and manage their data. It provides a unified view of data assets across Google Cloud and allows users to search, tag, and classify data resources.
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url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/google-cloud-data-catalog/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-13'
modified: '2026-04-28'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
type: Index
tags:
  - Data Catalog
  - Data Governance
  - Google Cloud
  - Metadata
apis:
  - name: Google Cloud Data Catalog API
    description: >-
      The Data Catalog API provides programmatic access to catalog, search, and manage metadata for data assets across Google Cloud. It enables creation of entries, tag templates, and taxonomies for organizing and governing data resources at scale.
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    humanURL: https://cloud.google.com/data-catalog/docs
    baseURL: https://datacatalog.googleapis.com
    tags:
      - Data Discovery
      - Data Governance
      - Metadata
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://cloud.google.com/data-catalog/docs/reference/rest
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: openapi/google-cloud-data-catalog-openapi.yml
      - type: Authentication
        url: https://cloud.google.com/data-catalog/docs/concepts/iam
      - type: Getting Started
        url: https://cloud.google.com/data-catalog/docs/quickstart
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: json-schema/google-cloud-data-catalog-entry-schema.json
common:
  - type: Portal
    url: https://cloud.google.com/data-catalog
  - type: Getting Started
    url: https://cloud.google.com/data-catalog/docs/quickstart
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://cloud.google.com/data-catalog/docs
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://cloud.google.com/data-catalog/docs/concepts/iam
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://cloud.google.com/data-catalog/pricing
  - type: Terms of Service
    url: https://cloud.google.com/terms
  - type: Privacy Policy
    url: https://policies.google.com/privacy
  - type: Status
    url: https://status.cloud.google.com/
  - type: Support
    url: https://cloud.google.com/data-catalog/docs/support
  - type: JSON-LD
    url: json-ld/google-cloud-data-catalog-context.jsonld
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com