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Predefined business terms

Last updated: Jul 18, 2025
Predefined business terms

You can use predefined business terms to describe personal data. You can find 100 predefined terms in the Knowledge Accelerator Sample Personal Data category.

Predefined business terms describe core concepts in the following personal data areas:

  • Person
  • Organization
  • Employment Record
  • Contact Information
  • Finance Information

Predefined business terms have a hierarchy defined. Some of them you can identify by the concept tag. For each of these concept terms, there is a set of business terms that describes the various properties that are related to the concept. You can identify them by the property tag.

For example, the concept of Person has the following related terms:

  • Age
  • Passport Number
  • First Name
  • Last Name

These property terms are related to the relevant concept term with an Is Part Of relationship.

To assist with term assignment during metadata enrichment, some of the terms have predefined relationships with the relevant 160 data classes. Also, where appropriate, these terms have relationships with the standard IBM Knowledge Catalog classifications of Personal Information, Personally Identifiable Information and Sensitive Personal Information.

To view the predefined business terms go to the Categories menu and select the Knowledge Accelerator Sample Personal Data category.

Also, you can use global search to find predefined business terms.

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Parent topic: Business terms