Category: Metadata

Will Cloud Computing Drive Data Standards and Governance?

A recent Information Management article by  Steve Hoberman, explored the impact of cloud computing on data modeling.  I think he makes some very good points about the impact on data integration, in particular the importance of managing the semantic layer.  If we take this to be true, then those who expect to excel in the [...]

Thursday March 25th, 2010 in Cloud Computing, Data Governance Fundamentals, Data Management, Data Modeling, Metadata | No Comments »

Data Steward and Data Custodian Definitions

Of all the posts on my blog, the one that draws the most interest is my humorous story about the definition of data steward and data custodian. Commonly, people find it while looking for a good definition and list of responsibilities for a data steward or data custodian. The following is being posted to help [...]

Wednesday March 3rd, 2010 in Data Governance Fundamentals, Data Management, Data Quality, Metadata, Simple Data Governance | No Comments »

Data Governance and The Laws of Physics

As much as developers would like to believe that they have total creative license, they really are bound to some degree by the underpinnings of their development software. No matter the language, platform, or technology, somewhere along the line there are limiters on what a developer can do that govern their efforts. Solution developers will [...]

Tuesday May 12th, 2009 in Data Governance Fundamentals, Data Management, Humor, Metadata, Organizational Behavior | No Comments »

Data – The Language of Business

It is often said that data is the language of business today, which if true also means we are in big trouble. The number of unique data models that have been developed and deployed each represent unique dialects with custom taxonomies and ontologies. It is the lack of standardization and proliferation of custom data models [...]

Wednesday April 30th, 2008 in Data Governance Fundamentals, Data Management, Data Modeling, Metadata | No Comments »

Demystifying Metadata Management

Try to pitch the idea of a metadata management solution to the average business manager and just watch their eyes glaze over. Most either don’t care or just don’t get why it is something they should spend money on. Add to the problem the overuse of metadata as the holy grail of data management and the problem of getting buy-in gets worse.

Monday March 17th, 2008 in Data Governance Fundamentals, Metadata | No Comments »

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