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).
Using Check Constraints to Simulate Domains
All of the popular RDBMS products provide table check constraints: Oracle, Informix, DB2, Sybase, and Microsoft SQL Server. Check constraints…
When I Learned About Entities
Everything Looked Like an Instance Looking Back The conference room had a glass wall; I guess to discourage any literal…
Document Renaissance
We've gone from cave drawings to fax machines; from tribal legends to the global village; from parchment to PC's.
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…
Data Warehousing: Enabling the Strategic Shift to a Customer-Centric Business
Organizations that have historically been driven by product and service strategies are beginning to realize that there is a better…
Neglected no Matter how you Spell it
When I was in elementary school, I always excelled at spelling. I can remember third grade spelling bees where the…
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…