The heart of the book provides the complete set of models that will support most of an organization's core business functions, including universal meta models for enterprise-wide systems, business meta data and data stewardship, portfolio management, business rules, and XML, messaging, and transactions
Developers can directly adapt these models to their own businesses, saving countless hours of development time
Building effective meta data repositories is complicated and time-consuming, and few IT departments have the necessary expertise to do it right-which is why this book is sure to find a ready audience
Begins with a quick overview of the Meta Data Repository Environment and the business uses of meta data, then goes on to describe the technical architecture followed by the detailed models
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Rating: - Good reference from a RDBMS perspective
Although this is a well written book, for a book published in 2004 with the word "universal" in the title, I expected a little more modern treatment of metadata. This book begins with the statement that Mr. Marco is the "world's foremost authority on metadata". And although I agree that the book does have several good points, it does not appear to be a well-rounded textbook on metadata. There are however several well-written sections on the relationship between the Capability Maturity Model (CMM) ... Read More
Rating: - An Essential Resource for Managing Complexity
Universal Meta Data Models is filled with practical insights and world-class implementation guidelines gleaned from years of consulting on complex system integration and data warehouse projects. David Marco combines technical information with the bottom-line business case to roll it out.
Do you know where your data is? Meta data is structured knowledge management. It's about keeping track of what's happening in your IT systems -- databases, transformations, process flow, business rules, ... Read More
- Good reference from a RDBMS perspective
- An Essential Resource for Managing Complexity
