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UNINA9910784659203321 |
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Autore |
Inmon William H |
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Business metadata [[electronic resource] ] : capturing enterprise knowledge / / W.H. Inmon, Bonnie O'Neil, Lowell Fryman |
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Amsterdam ; ; Boston, : Elsevier/Morgan Kaufmann, c2008 |
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1-281-04657-4 |
9786611046576 |
0-08-055220-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (314 p.) |
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O'NeilBonnie K |
FrymanLowell |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Database management |
Metadata |
Management information systems |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Front Cover; Business Metadata; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Brief Table of Contents; Complete Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Introducing Business Metadata; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 A Brief History of Metadata; 1.2.1 In the Beginning; 1.2.2 Disk Storage; 1.2.3 Access to Data; 1.2.4 The Personal Computer; 1.2.5 Data Warehousing; 1.2.6 Metadata in Systems Evolution; 1.3 Types of Metadata; 1.3.1 Business Metadata versus Technical Metadata; 1.3.2 Business Metadata; 1.4 Where Can You Find Business Metadata?; 1.4.1 Business Metadata on a Screen; 1.4.2 Reports and Business Metadata |
1.4.3 Corporate Forms and Business Metadata1.5 Structured and Unstructured Metadata; 1.5.1 A Grid for Metadata; 1.6 Where Business Metadata Is Stored; 1.7 When Does Business Data Become Business Metadata?; 1.8 Business Metadata over Time; 1.9 Reference Files: Master Data Management (MDM) and Business Metadata; 1.10 Summary; Chapter 2: The Value of Business Metadata Management; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Background; 2.3 Definition of Metadata Revisited; 2.3.1 Library Card Catalog; 2.4 Business Metadata's Importance in a Report; 2.5 Metadata Chaos; 2.5.1 So Why Is Metadata Management |
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2.5.2 Reusing Data2.5.3 Accuracy of Information; 2.6 Summary; 2.7 References; Chapter 3: Who Is Responsible for Business Metadata: Business Metadata Stewardship; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Who Is Responsible for Business Metadata?; 3.3 Business Metadata Stewardship Concepts; 3.3.1 Ownership Definition; 3.3.2 Stewardship Definition; 3.4 Organizational Options for Business Metadata Stewardship; 3.4.1 The Data Governance Council; 3.4.2 Approaches to Business Metadata Stewardship; 3.5 Metadata Life Cycle and Governance; 3.6 Business Metadata Data Quality Considerations; 3.7 Funding Business Metadata |
3.7.1 The Centralized Implementation3.7.2 The Localized Implementation; 3.7.3 Advantages and Disadvantages of Funding Models; 3.8 Summary; 3.9 References; Chapter 4: Business Metadata, Communication, and Search; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 The Basic Problem in Information Management; 4.2.1 Lack of Communication Clarity; 4.2.2 The Importance of Definitions; 4.3 The Definition; 4.3.1 Components of a Definition; 4.3.2 Definition Usage Notes; 4.3.3 Miscellaneous Guidelines; 4.4 Communications and Search; 4.4.1 The High Cost of Not Finding Information; 4.4.2 Quantifying Search Problems |
4.5 Business Metadata and Search4.5.2 Classification; 4.6 Summary; 4.7 References; Chapter 5: Initiating a Business Metadata Project; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Why Consolidate or Integrate Metadata?; 5.3 Metadata Project Planning and Scoping Considerations; 5.3.1 Business Metadata Versus Technical Metadata; 5.3.2 Different Iterations of Development; 5.3.3 Technology Tool: Local Metadata; 5.4 Defining the Scope of the Metadata Repository; 5.4.1 The Sources of Business and Technical Metadata; 5.5 Summary; Chapter 6: Business Metadata Capture; 6.1 Introduction |
6.2 Why Bother to Capture Business Metadata? |
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People have a hard time communicating, and also have a hard time finding business knowledge in the environment. With the sophistication of search technologies like Google, business people expect to be able to get their questions answered about the business just like you can do an internet search. The truth is, knowledge management is primitive today, and it is due to the fact that we have poor business metadata management. This book is about all the groundwork necessary for IT to really support the business properly. By providing not just data, but the context behind the data. For th |
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UNINA9910213819003321 |
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Autore |
Johnson Kristin |
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Unfortunate emigrants / edited by Kristin Johnson |
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Logan, Utah : , : Utah State University Press, , 1996 |
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©1996 |
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9780874213133 |
0874213134 |
9780585023441 |
0585023441 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (330 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Overland journeys to the Pacific |
Donner Party |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-307) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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J. Quinn Thornton -- From Oregon and California in 1848 -- Lilburn W. Boggs -- Immigrants to California -- Mary Ann Graves -- Letter from California -- H.A. Wise -- From Los Gringos -- Eliza W. Farnham -- From California, in-doors and out -- J. Ross Browne -- From "A dangerous journey" -- Frances H. McDougall -- The Donner tragedy : a thrilling chapter in our pioneer history -- James F. Reed -- The snow-bound, starved emigrants of 1846 -- William McCutchen -- Statement of William McCutchen -- Francis H. McDougall -- The DonnerTragedy once more : reply to Mr. Reed -- W.C. Graves -- Crossing the plains in '46 -- Jacob Wright Harlan -- From California '46 to '88 -- Virginia Reed Murphy -- Across the plains in the Donner Party (1846) -- Edna Maybelle Sherwood -- Tragic story of the Donner Party -- Roster of the Donner Party. |
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The story of the Donner Party remains one of the most tragic and compelling in pioneer history. Johnson gathers many rare early narratives detailing the participants' trying experiences into one of the most accurate accounts to date of this disastrous event. |
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