Defeat Your Data Demons
The stories you hear on the news often mention how this person or that person was battling their demons. Alcoholism,…
Metadata Management News, Articles, & Education
Get a thorough Metadata Management education through TDAN’s Business Intelligence articles, news, and blogs.
Requirements for Data Governance
Recording requirements for success is an important first step toward demonstrating the value of a Data Governance program. Practitioners know…
Practical Points from the DGPO: Dawn of Self-Service BI Governance
Happy New Year from the DGPO! On January 8, 2020, Cynthia Parsons and Scott Peachey presented Nationwide Insurance’s Award Winning…
Metadata is Like Body Language
The Nonverbal Dilemma Nonverbal communication is composed of body gestures and vocal inflections. The words you speak are a small…
Business Glossary and Metadata: When a Data Catalog Product is Not a Data Catalog
If you do a general internet search for data catalogs, all sorts of possibilities emerge. If you look closely, and…
The Data-Centric Revolution: Semantics and the DAMA Wheel
Recently, I was giving a presentation and someone asked me which segment of “the DAMA wheel” did I think semantics…
Make An Impact: Create More Value with Data Curation
Wherever we go, we are overwhelmed by MORE: more sales, more discounts, more fun, more excitement, more features – the…
Data Management 20/20: Rationalizing Complex Business Terms
Common Business Term Problem Symptoms Much of the information assets of an organization are captured in business glossaries which are…
Tales & Tips from the Trenches: Distinguish Graph DBs from Other DBs
This series of columns will focus on many things including the nature of a graph database, how we evolved to…
All in the Data: What Makes a Data Steward?
I recently read a blog that mocked my statement that “everybody is a data steward” and explicitly negated the fact…