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Corporate Business Meta-Data Building Blocks – An Introduction

There are two broad categories of meta-data: technical and business. Technical meta-data is the description of the data needed by various tools to store, manipulate, or move data. These tools include relational databases, application development tools, database query tools, data modeling tools, data extraction tools, online analytical processing (OLAP) tools, and data mining tools. Business [...]

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Data Governance – An Introduction

Data, the digital building blocks of information, is a valuable corporate asset outlasting applications and processes. Data is used as input into tactical and strategic decisions. Analysis of data allows organizations to learn and grow. Data is received from and transmitted to customers and business partners. Data is reported to investors and regulators and used [...]

Read More BI, Data, Data Governance, Data Integrity, Data Mart, Data Quality, Data Warehouse, ETL, Meta-Data

Developing & Implementing a Meta-Data Strategy

Developing and implementing a meta-data strategy has always been a tough proposition, as most of the senior management do not understand the importance of the subject. Let alone meta-data many IS community members don’t even understand the importance of data. Meta-data in most simple terms means “structured data about data” or “data that describes something (that [...]

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Meta-Data An Introduction

Meta-data in most simple terms means “structured data about data” or “data that describes something (that may or may not itself be data)”. The prefix “meta” comes from the Greek and can indicate change, as in metamorphosis; or it can mean beyond or after, as in metaphysics. In information technology usage, the word metadata has come to be [...]

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