Making Your Entities Behave
Published in TDAN.com January 2003 The characteristic of object classes in object models that distinguishes them from entity types in…
Data Modeling News, Articles, & Education
Get a thorough Data Modeling education through TDAN’s Business Intelligence articles, news, and blogs.
Avoiding Problem Solution Confusion
Published in TDAN.com January 2003 Introduction I am constantly amazed how teams will latch on to new technologies or methodologies,…
Enterprise Architecture & Ptechs Framework
Published in TDAN.com January 2003 Enterprise Architecture (EA) is gaining support within both the business and government communities. While these…
Enterprise Architecture & Popkin’s System Architect
Did you catch the new movement in town: Enterprise Architecture? Well, enterprise architecture is a new term that draws upon…
Product Review – Popkin Software’s System Architect
How System Architect Measures Up Now that we understand what Enterprise Architecture is all about, what features should a tool…
Finding Meaning in Systems
Published in TDAN.com October 2002 Our current definition of, “information,” is missing the most important component, namely meaning. Information systems…
A 3D Software Architecture Framework
Published in TDAN.com October 2002 Overview The endeavors most commonly seen today in the IT world have a wide coverage…
Getting Down to Data Basics
Published in TDAN.com October 2002 Some daring young enterprises embark on Web-enabled database implementation with nothing more than a bevy…
Mars Orbiter Disaster – A Failure of Data Management
Published in TDAN.com October 2002 The disastrous accident of the 1999 Mars Climate Orbiter quickly became part of the lore…
Business Rules Grammar Part 2 – Thingee Business Rule Classification Scheme
Published in TDAN.com July 2002 Articles in this series – Part 1, Part 3 English grammar classifies the words and…