Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for data management are described. A data management system (DMS) may receive a request to access metadata stored in a distributed metadata repository. The request may have a first semantic format compatible with a first version of the distributed metadata repository. The DMS may translate the first semantic format of the request to a second semantic format compatible with a second version of the distributed metadata repository. The DMS may perform the semantic translation according to a label in the request. Accordingly, the DMS may determine whether a current version of the metadata corresponds to the first version of the distributed metadata repository or the second version of the distributed metadata repository, and may access the metadata in the distributed metadata repository based on the request and the current version of the metadata.