Treat Metadata as a Contract, Not a Label
Write metadata definitions as operational contracts with meaning, owner, allowed values, and use boundary.
The move: write metadata as a contract people can operate. A useful metadata entry answers more than what is this called. It answers what the field means, who owns the meaning, which values are allowed, how the value is created, when it refreshes, and where reuse becomes unsafe. Why labels fail Labels look tidy but hide decision rules. If three teams use customer differently, the label customer does not resolve the conflict. A contract definition exposes the rule that drives the number. What the contract includes Start with six pieces: business meaning, owner or steward, allowed values, source, refresh timing,…
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