Denormalization Guidelines
Normalization is the process of putting one fact in one appropriate place. This optimizes updates at the expense of retrievals.…
Data Education
Using a Repository to Support Y2K Compliance
There is little doubt that the millennium change will bring a software crisis. The question is whether the looming catastrophe…
The Zachman Framework: An Introduction
This column is concerned with system development methodologies, and how they are related to each other. For the past twenty…
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…
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…