Data is Risky Business: Promoting DG Principles
I was giving testimony to a Joint Committee of both Houses of the Irish Parliament on data sharing legislation earlier…
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Get a thorough Metadata Management education through TDAN’s Business Intelligence articles, news, and blogs.
The Duck-Billed Platypus, or How Strict Data Hierarchies Can Choke You
You might remember back to your early school days, when you learned about the five major divisions of the vertebrates…
Change Data Habits Before it is Too Late
The management of data is very similar to the management of one’s health. One way they are similar became very…
Guidelines for Building World-Class Business Glossaries: Aligning Multiple Definitions
This article by Ron Ross is a continuation of his series focused on Guidelines for Building World-Class Business Glossaries. In…
It’s All in the Data: It was 20 Years Ago Today
This online publication, The Data Administration Newsletter (TDAN.com), will celebrate its twentieth anniversary in the coming months of 2017. Twenty…
Appreciating Metadata Through Music
Metadata is one of the more important aspects of data management, yet many data professionals do not understand or simply…
Data Architecture COMN Sense: Data Types and Roles
One of the most illuminating lessons I’ve learned about data modeling came from Len Silverston’s universal data models, where he…
Data is Risky Business: Metadata Impact on Business Meaning and Risk
Metadata has been with us since the first human smeared charcoal from their campfire and placed the mark of their…
Bob Seiner’s Non-Invasive Data Governance Online Training™ Now Available
Non-Invasive Data Governance Learning Plan From Robert S. Seiner of TDAN.com & KIK Consulting 7 Online Courses Use Code “TDAN”…
The Business of Data: The Best of Donna
Note from the publisher: This is the final column of the latest TDAN.com series from our friend, Donna Burbank. Donna has…