Achieving Harmony Between Business and Information Technology
What do the musical score for a symphony and a logical data model for a computer application system have in…
Data Education
The Meta Data Interchange Specification
What follows is an overview of Version 1.0 of the MetaData Interchange Specification (MDIS) initiative taken by the MetaData Coalition.…
How to Protect the Data Warehouse Using the Repository
This article is about how the data warehouse developer's can make use of the meta data to "protect" the data…
A Simplified Approach to Information Stewardship
Webster’s dictionary uses a single word to define accountability; answerable. It does not matter the substance of the something. You…
Hitching Your Wagon to a Star
Providers of decision support software will not succeed unless Information Resource Management (IRM) is successful at insuring the quality of…
Database Marketing: Technology-Enabled Advantages in the Nineties
The article combines historical context with a marketer’s perspective regarding concepts such as data collection and use.
How to Implement a Meta Data Strategy
A data orientation represents a major cultural change. It is not only a change in the way an organization delivers…
How to Create a Data Administration Mission Statement
The following Mission Statement, Key Objectives, and Roles are offered as a starting point for organizations and individuals involved in…
The Data Model Resource Book
Author: Len Silverston, W.H.Inmon, Kent Graziano Wiley, 1997 ISBN: 0-471-15364-8 Introduction Does your organization have an enterprise data model? How…
Data Stores, Data Warehousing, and the Zachman Framework
Authors: W. H. Inmon, John A. Zachman, Jonathan G. Geiger Publisher: Computing McGraw-Hill (ISBN 0-07-031429-2) The recently published book, Data…