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Builds and maintains the systems everyone uses to find things: service ownership, documentation, data discovery and internal search.

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Data catalog

A searchable index of the datasets we hold: what is in them, who owns them, how fresh they are and whether they contain personal data.

Updated
Generally availableInternal Tooling

Service catalog

The answer to "who owns this service and how do I page them", kept current automatically rather than by people remembering to update a wiki page.

Updated

Finished (1)

Kept as a record of what changed and when.

RetiredInternal Tooling

Standalone wiki search

The separate search index over the internal wiki. Switched off in June 2026 once search moved into the service catalog.

Updated

Recent updates

Info

Data catalog

First 40 datasets are indexed

Warehouse tables first; event streams and object storage follow. Personal data classification is being reviewed with Legal before anything is opened up more widely.

Info

Service catalog

Ownership now syncs from the staff directory nightly

Services whose owning team no longer exists are flagged rather than left pointing at nobody. There are currently 11 of these.

Info

Standalone wiki search

Switched off — search now lives in the service catalog

The old URL redirects. Saved searches were not migrated; if you lost one you relied on, #internal-tools can help you rebuild it.

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Standalone wiki search

Move your saved searches before 30 June 2026