Creating new Data Classes for IBM Knowledge Catalog

Authors: Mary O'Neill, Julie Forgo

The IBM Knowledge Accelerators provide a pre-defined set of data classes in an organized category hierarchy, to assist organizations who deploy IBM Knowledge Catalog with data classification, specifically in the analysis and classification of data, and the assignment to appropriate Business terms. These data classes can also be used in conjunction with Data Protection Rules, for example for data privacy purposes in controlling access to personal data.

Within the data privacy area, the data classes provided include a set of government issued identifiers for individuals (such as tax, social security and other national identifiers) across multiple jurisdictions.

This blog describes how to create new Data Classes in IBM Knowledge Catalog to supplement the data classes provided with the Knowledge Accelerators. For example, if your organization has business operations spanning multiple geographies, you can create new data classes for personal identifiers for your customers based in each jurisdiction.