## Metadata - Author: [[dave-connors|Dave Connors]] - Full Title:: Going Meta - Category:: #🗞️Articles - URL:: https://roundup.getdbt.com/p/going-meta - Finished date:: [[2024-04-01]] ## Highlights > how often do we as data practitioners take a moment to zoom out and interrogate our methods? *Is the way we’re encoding knowledge consistent? Can we improve our knowledge system in any meaningful way? Do we have any **knowledge about the knowledge** we’re generating?* ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01htamks1k3y3x3jtf3yj20fnk)) > We built `dbt_project_evaluator` to automatically translate this metadata into the shared language spoken by all data practitioners: SQL baby! For each recommendation we make to clients, a dbt model returns exactly which resources in your project need attention. The package groups its dbt models by the type of meta-knowledge you may want to explore ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01htamnhwzpfgr5na83wrqfm1r))