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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458675903321

Autore

Hay David C. <1947->

Titolo

Data model patterns [[electronic resource] ] : a metadata map / / David C. Hay

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Boston, : Elsevier Morgan Kaufmann, c2006

ISBN

1-281-05033-4

0-08-047703-8

Edizione

[1st edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (427 p.)

Collana

The Morgan Kaufmann series in data management systems

Disciplina

005.74

Soggetti

Data warehousing

Metadata

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 391-394) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of contents; PREFACE; ABOUT METADATA; ABOUT THIS BOOK; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; FOREWORD; 1 ABOUT METADATA MODELS; WHAT ARE METADATA?; IN SEARCH OF METADATA; THE ARCHITECTURE FRAMEWORK; METAMODELS AND THE FRAMEWORK; THE NOTATION: OBJECT AND ENTITY CLASSES; LEVEL OF ABSTRACTION; 2 DATA; DATA AND THE ARCHITECTURE FRAMEWORK; THE BUSINESS OWNER AND BUSINESS RULES; ROW TWO: BUSINESS TERMS, CONCEPTS, AND FACT TYPES; ROW THREE: THE ENTITY-RELATIONSHIP DIAGRAM; ROW FOUR: DATA DESIGN; ROW SIX: THE PRODUCTION SYSTEM; 3 ACTIVITIES, FUNCTIONS, AND PROCESSES

ACTIVITIES AND THE ARCHITECTURE FRAMEWORK DEFINITIONS; TYPES OF PROCESS MODELS; ROW TWO: FUNCTIONS AND BUSINESS PROCESSES; ROW THREE: PROCESSING DATA; ROW FOUR: PROGRAM MODULES; ROW SIX: PROGRAM INVENTORY; 4 LOCATIONS; ABOUT LOCATIONS; ROW TWO: PLACING PARTIES, BUSINESS PROCESSES, AND MOTIVATION; ROW THREE: DATA FLOW DIAGRAMS; ROW FOUR: PLACING DATA AND PROGRAMS; ROW SIX: SYSTEM INVENTORY; 5 PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS; THE PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS COLUMN; ABOUT PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS; ROW TWO: THE BUSINESS OWNER'S VIEW; ROW THREE: THE ARCHITECT'S VIEW; ROW



FOUR: THE DESIGNER'S VIEW

ROW SIX: SECURITY AND GOVERNANCE 6 EVENTS AND TIMING; THE EVENTS AND TIMING COLUMN; ROW TWO: BUSINESS EVENT TYPES; ROW THREE: SYSTEM EVENTS; ROW FOUR: PROGRAM EVENTS; 7 MOTIVATION; THE MOTIVATION COLUMN; ROW THREE: THE ARCHITECT'S VIEW; ROW FOUR: THE DESIGNER'S VIEW; ROW SIX: MEASURING DATA QUALITY; GLOSSARY; REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

In recent years, companies and government agencies have come to realize that the data they use represent a significant corporate resource, whose cost calls for management every bit as rigorous as the management of human resources, money, and capital equipment. With this realization has come recognition of the importance to integrate the data that has traditionally only been available from disparate sources. An important component of this integration is the management of the "metadata? that describe, catalogue, and provide access to the various forms of underlying business data. The "me