Fw: Datawarehousing and metadata

["Shawn Callahan" <cfa@ozemail.com.au>]

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Shawn

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> From: Shawn Callahan <cfa@ozemail.com.au>
> To: Oz Metadata List <ozmeta-l@erin.gov.au>
> Subject: Datawarehousing and metadata
> Date: Wednesday, 25 September 1996 20:44
> 
> Fellow metadata enthusiasts
> 
> Many of your are probably aware of the hubbub surrounding the 'new'
> discipline of data warehousing.  Data warehousing is the term given to
the
> process of extracting data from your organisation's disparate
applications
> and placing it into a single database for the purpose of decision
support. 
> What does this have to do with metadata you may well ask?  
> 
> Well, data warehousers (nothing like abusing the English language) have
> discovered that these types of systems require metadata to enable
knowledge
> workers to find, then use, the data.  The benefits for us who are
metadata
> inclined (an affliction?) is the numerous metadata tools which have
> recently been developed.  In fact entire companies have been established
> who specialise in metadata - for example, Prism Technology, Carleton and
> Informatica.  If you want more info on what these organisations are doing
> start with this web page:
> 
> http://pwp.starnetinc.com/larryg/catalog.html
> 
> And guess what?  They are also defining standards for metadata.  See
> http://www.metadata.org/ for more information.
> 
> I think there is much to be learnt from both data warehousing and
> scientific data management.  The scientists have been forced to face
these
> issues sooner because of the size and complexity of the datasets they are
> working with but from the data warehousing perspective there is a bundle
of
> money been thrown at the problem and consequently there are many
> interesting solutions being developed.
> 
> Keep your eye on data warehousing, especially on what's happening in
> metadata.
> 
> Shawn
> 
> 
> 
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> Shawn Callahan
> SMS Consulting Group
> Shawn.Callahan@sms.com.au