diff --git a/common-data/cdb_common_data_catalog.sql b/common-data/cdb_common_data_catalog.sql
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+CREATE FUNCTION public.CDB_CommonDataCatalog()
+  RETURNS TABLE(
+    name text,
+    tabname text,
+    description text,
+    source text,
+    license text,
+    geometry_types text,
+    rows real,
+    size bigint,
+    created_at timestamp with time zone,
+    updated_at timestamp with time zone,
+    category text,
+    image_url text)
+  AS $$
+    SELECT
+      meta_dataset.name,
+      meta_dataset.tabname,
+      meta_dataset.description,
+      meta_dataset.source,
+      meta_dataset.license,
+      meta_dataset.geometry_types,
+      (
+          SELECT reltuples
+          FROM pg_class C LEFT JOIN pg_namespace N ON (N.oid = C.relnamespace)
+          WHERE
+              nspname NOT IN ('pg_catalog', 'information_schema')
+              AND relkind='r'
+              AND relname = meta_dataset.tabname
+      ) as rows,
+      pg_relation_size(meta_dataset.tabname) size,
+      meta_dataset.created_at,
+      meta_dataset.updated_at,
+      meta_category.name category,
+      meta_category.image_url category_image_url
+    FROM meta_dataset, meta_category
+    WHERE meta_dataset.meta_category_id = meta_category.cartodb_id;
+$$ LANGUAGE SQL;
+
+GRANT SELECT ON TABLE meta_dataset TO publicuser;
+GRANT SELECT ON TABLE meta_category TO publicuser;
+GRANT EXECUTE ON FUNCTION CDB_CommonDataCatalog() TO publicuser;
diff --git a/common-data/meta_category.sql b/common-data/meta_category.sql
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+--
+-- Name: meta_category; Type: TABLE; Schema: public
+--
+
+CREATE TABLE meta_category (
+    cartodb_id integer NOT NULL,
+    name text,
+    created_at timestamp with time zone DEFAULT now() NOT NULL,
+    updated_at timestamp with time zone DEFAULT now() NOT NULL,
+    the_geom geometry(Geometry,4326),
+    the_geom_webmercator geometry(Geometry,3857),
+    image_url text
+);
diff --git a/common-data/meta_dataset.sql b/common-data/meta_dataset.sql
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+--
+-- Name: meta_dataset; Type: TABLE; Schema: public
+--
+
+CREATE TABLE meta_dataset (
+    cartodb_id integer NOT NULL,
+    name text,
+    description text,
+    created_at timestamp with time zone DEFAULT now() NOT NULL,
+    updated_at timestamp with time zone DEFAULT now() NOT NULL,
+    the_geom geometry(Geometry,4326),
+    the_geom_webmercator geometry(Geometry,3857),
+    source text,
+    license text,
+    meta_category_id integer,
+    tabname text,
+    geometry_types text
+);
+
+ALTER TABLE ONLY meta_dataset
+    ADD CONSTRAINT meta_dataset_meta_category_id_fkey FOREIGN KEY (meta_category_id) REFERENCES meta_category(cartodb_id);