Data Management 20/20: Business Glossary Best Practices
It’s all about communication. Everyone talks about collecting, storing, and analyzing data but how do you make use of this…
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Data Dictionary vs. Business Glossary
Enterprises today are focused on ensuring robust data governance, and are exploring different tools and approaches to support their efforts.…
Business Glossary or Glossary for Business?
There are a few reasons why participation in data governance efforts is greeted with only moderate enthusiasm by business leadership,…
Business Glossaries and Metadata: Metadata Strategy and the Business Glossary
In this column I have discussed the significant concepts, processes, resources, and deliverables that can be maintained in a Business…
Business Glossaries and Metadata: Using the Glossary to Drive Your Quality Strategy
I have recently received many challenging questions about how to use Data Governance processes, technology, and the Business Glossary to…
Business Glossaries and Metadata: Business Glossary Value
I wrote an article a year ago about the Business Glossary Prime Directive for TDAN.com, which can be found here.…
Business Glossaries and Metadata: The Business Glossary & GDPR
The European Union’s (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is changing how we think of governing the data of individuals.…
Too Many Meanings, Not Enough Words
How many words are there in the English language? The Oxford Dictionaries answers this question with a very strong “it…
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…
Guidelines for Building World-Class Business Glossaries – The Essence of Concepts
There are various schools of thought about how to define terms, some arising from professional terminologists and academia. But…