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,…
Data Topics
A Model for Data Resource Management Guidelines
Author: Chicago, IL (USA) DAMA Chapter The expansion of data administration/data management continues to demonstrate a need for a comprehensive…
Improving Data Warehouse and Business Information Quality
Author: Larry P. English Wiley, 1999 ISBN: 0-471-25383-9 Anyone in the information system business knows the importance of quality. Organizations…
Enterprise Architecture: What and Why?
Enterprise Architecture (EA) has recently become a "hot" topic. Articles and seminars here and elsewhere have discussed Enterprise Architecture (EA).
Building a Better Data Model
As Information Systems get more complicated and specialized, Data Analysts find themselves in need of a better way to express…
DBAs Don’t Need Meta Data
Database Administrators (DBAs) do not need meta data. You read that statement right. They don't need meta data.
Object Orientation & Information Engineering:
This is the first in a series of articles on the relationship between the object-oriented approach to system development and…
Meta Data Themes – Part Two
In the first part of this article (published in TDAN 5.0), I offered information about basic meta data themes that…
Achieving Enterprise Data Quality
The role of information in creating competitive advantage for businesses and other enterprises has been well documented and is now…
Database Objects: The Foundation Stones of Enterprise Database
There are generally considered to be three classes of objects: display objects, wholly contained process objects, and business objects.