Data Modeling Techniques – Efficiency of Meta-Entities in an ERD
This article considers the simplification of entity-relationship diagrams by the use of meta-entities. Indexes to measure the effectiveness of simplification…
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Topology of Data Models within the Enterprise
Introduction There are four data models that form the overall data model topology within an enterprise. These are depicted in…
Toward a Better Understanding of Metadata – Examples of Metadata in Business
This is the second in a series of articles on improving people’s understanding of a widely misunderstood term – “metadata”…
Business Glossary Definitions: The Most Difficult Effort
My last article presented an overview of the Business Glossary and its potential contents. While there may be 100 attributes…
Toward a Better Understanding of Metadata – Metadata Defined
Metadata is all about integration of data across the various levels of data management abstraction (e.g., Zachman Framework) – business,…
The Data Governance Test
From time-to-time, TDAN.com will share old-y but good-y articles as Features that are relevant for the times. This article, written…
Technical Metadata Tool Requirements
Organizations that are implementing data management and/or data governance programs look to the software tools of the trade as an…
Data Professional Introspective – Evolving the Business Tribe: Centrality of the Business Glossary
Many years ago, when CASE tools were touted as the solution to everything, ERwin was just hitting the market, and…
Business Glossaries and Metadata
TDAN.com is proud to introduce this new quarterly column from Lowell Fryman called Business Glossaries and Metadata. In this column…
The Meta-Data Fiasco
The terms meta-data and metadata have been used, misused, and abused to the point that the real meaning is totally…