What is metadata and why is the old definition of “data about data” hiding the full story around effective metadata management? How do you distinguish the different types of metadata such as business, technical, governance, process, and others? How does metadata work with big data and other advanced technologies, and what’s missing? This course covers those questions and so many more – such as the business benefits of metadata management, exploitation of metadata assets, key industry standards around metadata, and discussions about the differences between glossaries, dictionaries, and catalogs.  

The DMBOK and CDMP Specialist Deep Dive: Metadata Management two-day live online training covers the considerations, benefits, and approaches for the successful capture, storage, management, and exploitation of metadata assets in an organization. Taught by instructor Christopher Bradley (a CDMP Fellow), this course offers a solid foundation in the topic of Metadata Management, while also doing a deep dive into the different types, sources, and uses of metadata. It also helps prepare attendees to take the Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP) Metadata Management Specialist exam, which is necessary to attain the Practitioner and Master levels. 

The training presents practices and processes for addressing key Metadata Management challenges and equipping organizations to better deal with the complexity of managing metadata effectively. It is grounded in the industry standard, the DAMA International Data Management Body of Knowledge (DMBOK). 

The training also prepares attendees to take the Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP) Metadata Management Specialist exam that is necessary for the attainment of the Practitioner and Master levels. 

This course addresses both the DMBOK Version 2.0 and DMBOK Revised Edition. 

The DAMA International-endorsed live online training was developed with DAMA International, DATAVERSITY, and Christopher Bradley, the VP of Professional Development at DAMA. 

CDMP Specialist Exam Preparation Information: 

• Understand in-depth the information required for the CDMP Metadata Management Specialist exam 
• Throughout the course, practice by taking sample questions in each section 

Two-Day Seminar Price: 

• $1,000 Early Bird Price through November 14, 2025 
• $1,200 after November 14, 2025  

Last day to register: Sunday, November 30, 2025 

Seminar CEUs: 9  
Seminar Date: Tuesday – Wednesday, December 2 – 3, 2025 
Seminar Time: 8 AM – 1 PM, Pacific Time / 11 AM – 4 PM, Eastern Time 

Over two days you will: 

• Learn what metadata is and why the old definition “data about data” hides the full story 
• Understand how to distinguish the different types of metadata (e.g., business, technical, governance, and process) 
• Appreciate the business benefits of metadata management and discuss uses and methods for exploiting metadata 
• Discover how to capture, distribute, and exploit metadata, and the various methods for storing metadata 
• Gain an awareness of the different sources of metadata and the issues for integrating them 
• Understand the key industry standards for metadata and understand how (and why) to exchange metadata between different components of your architecture 
• Discover the difference between a business glossary, data dictionary, and metadata repository and the other “library” uses of metadata 
• Explore big data technologies and metadata 

Who Should Attend? 

This two-day live, online seminar is intended for business and IT professionals at all levels who have been charged with investigating or implementing metadata management in their organizations, and who seek to gain an in-depth understanding of where metadata management exists within the different disciplines of data and information management. It also was developed as a preparation course for people wishing to take the CDMP Metadata Management Specialist exam. It does assume general business knowledge, but not specific technical knowledge or experience. It is appropriate for executives, departmental and/or project managers, data and enterprise architects, consultants, data modelers, BI and data warehouse developers, data and business analysts, DBAs, technical staff, and anyone else interested and involved in data. The course is not designed for any specific business domain, and as such is applicable to any business function which is in need of more reliable information, such as finance, manufacturing, human resources, analytics, operations, and more. 

Group and team attendance is strongly encouraged because the workshop activities can be applied for your organization’s unique metadata management circumstances. Those activities produce results that have immediate application and lasting value for your ongoing metadata management efforts. 

Seminar Format 

• A two-day workshop that includes lecture format over slides with group discussions, multiple Q&A topics, resources, and more 
  • The seminar date is: Tuesday – Wednesday, December 2 – 3, 2025 
  • Seminar time is: 8 AM – 1 PM, Pacific Time / 11 AM – 4 PM, Eastern Time 
• All seminar material will be made available for students to download. 
• DATAVERSITY will be integrating two platforms to run the training: The DATAVERSITY Training Center (DVTC) platform and Zoom. 
• The DVTC Platform is where you will start your training: https://training.dataversity.net 
  • This will be where you will log in, and then click a “Join Now” button on the day of the live training in your course dashboard. 
  • This platform will contain the syllabus for the day, information on navigating through both platforms, enable you to take notes throughout the training, join a forum with your classroom peers to network with each other even after the live online training is over, download materials, and access the recording of the training when it is complete. 
• When you click the “Join Now” button in the DVTC Platform, a Zoom window will open. 
  • This platform is where you will take the training, view the presentation, and engage in breakout sessions.