Use Aiven's metadata parser to understand how your data flows

The article discusses the challenges of managing data assets across various technologies and provides a solution using graph theory and an open-source metadata parser developed by Aiven. The parser helps to extract information about data assets from different technologies, such as PostgreSQL, Apache Kafka, and Apache Flink, and represent them in a common queryable format. By treating each object as a node and connections between objects as edges, the parser creates an interactive graph that can be used for data lineage tracking, GDPR assessments, security audits, and impact assessments. The metadata parser is open-source and welcomes contributions to improve its coverage of tools and ways of parsing and displaying results.