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Resources and Attributes

Resources have attributes that represent specific properties of object types, such Alias Column, Category, Data Set, and Table, based on the data types of the attributes. You can use the resource attributes in Enterprise Data Catalog to search and find relevant information among a large number of data assets and data relationships.
Resource can have associated custom attributes. System attributes include predefined attributes that represent specific properties of object types, such as stored procedure, table, trigger, XML query, schema, and resource. For example, Comment is a system attribute assigned to a Hive table or Hive view. You can create custom attributes based on your business requirements that you want to assign to different resources. You can choose to create custom attributes based on the scanner types that are in use.