---+ Data Governance and Metadata framework for Hadoop


---++ Overview

Atlas is a scalable and extensible set of core foundational governance services – enabling
enterprises to effectively and efficiently meet their compliance requirements within Hadoop and
allows integration with the whole enterprise data ecosystem.

---++ Features

---+++ Data Classification
   * Import or define taxonomy business-oriented annotations for data
   * Define, annotate, and automate capture of relationships between data sets and underlying elements including source, target, and derivation processes
   * Export metadata to third-party systems

---+++ Centralized Auditing
   * Capture security access information for every application, process, and interaction with data
   * Capture the operational information for execution, steps, and activities

---+++ Search & Lineage (Browse)
   * Pre-defined navigation paths to explore the data classification and audit information
   * Text-based search features locates relevant data and audit event across Data Lake quickly and accurately
   * Browse visualization of data set lineage allowing users to drill-down into operational, security, and provenance related information

---+++ Security & Policy Engine
   * Rationalize compliance policy at runtime based on data classification schemes, attributes and roles.
   * Advanced definition of policies for preventing data derivation based on classification (i.e. re-identification) – Prohibitions
   * Column and Row level masking based on cell values and attibutes.


---++ Getting Started

   * [[InstallationSteps][Install Steps]]
   * [[QuickStart][Quick Start Guide]]


---++ Documentation

   * [[Architecture][High Level Architecture]]
   * [[TypeSystem][Type System]]
   * [[Repository][Metadata Repository]]
   * [[Search][Search]]
   * [[security][Security]]
   * [[Configuration][Configuration]]
   * Notification
      * [[Notification-Entity][Entity Notification]]
   * Bridges
      * [[Bridge-Hive][Hive Bridge]]


---++ API Documentation

   * <a href="api/rest.html">REST API Documentation</a>

#LicenseInfo
---+ Licensing Information

Atlas is distributed under [[http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0][Apache License 2.0]].
