The Data Modeling Addict – July 2008
The tenth of a series of articles on the Data Model Scorecard™, this article focuses on the consistency category.
Data Education
Non-Invasive Data Governance
Why should we have a data governance program? How will the business areas be involved? How much time will be…
Where is the Query in XQuery?
Michael David discusses how XQuery was designed from the ground up to process hierarchical XML data, but it is still…
New Ideas on the ROI of Data and Business Rules, Part 1
Cost-justifying IT initiatives relating to data quality or business rules has always been problematic. Enterprise Decision Management (EDM) provides new…
The Database Report – July 2008
Craig Mullins provides his quarterly review of the activities within the database market during April, May and June of 2008.
The 10-Minute Data Model Review, Part 1
Data modeling is based on the precept of knowing your data and knowing how the data is interrelated with other…
SaaS and BI – June 2008
This new quarterly column will provide insights into software as a service and its role in business intelligence implementations.
Crow’s Feet Are Best
This short article examines the choices of notation styles used to draw conceptual data models and advocates use of the…
Eye on TDWI – May 2008
Mike provides a recap of the classes, activities, people, exhibitors and food at the Chicago TDWI World Conference in May.
Subtyping in W3C XML Schema, Part 2
Concerned that an industry standard XML vocabulary may be too limited for your data exchange partners? No problem. By creating…