What is Knowledge and Can it Be Managed
As the decade, and indeed, the millenium begins to draw to a close, the promise of technology is prevalent in…
Data Articles
Unsupervised Adaptive Clustering for Data Prospecting and Data Mining
There was a time, well within the scope of living memory, when the dream of market analysts was to have…
Documenting Meta Data Transformations
Have you ever thought why the most difficult book is the one entitled "Introduction to...".
Object Orientation and Information Engineering:
This is the second in a series of articles on the relationship between the object-oriented approach to system development and…
Oracle 8.04 Performance Enhancements
The intent of this article is to provide a general overview of the various performance enhancements contained in Oracle 8.04.
Data Warehouse Applications by Industry
The following information is for the exclusive use of Sid Adelman & Associates and is not to be copied or…
Selecting the “Right” Meta Data to Manage
Meta data exists in every function of Information Technology (IT).
Problems with Conventional Meta Data Management Methods
Current meta data management products tend to be mainframe-oriented and rely on the use of a centralized meta data repository.
Great News – The Relational Model is Dead
This article presents a shortened version of a paper of the same name, Great News, The Relational Model is Dead,…
Using Levels of Abstraction to Name Data Elements
What we call a naming convention is a collection of rules, which, when applied to data, results in a set…