Building and Managing the Meta Data Repository: A Full Lifecycle Guide
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Author: David Marco
List Price: $60.00
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ISBN: 0471355232
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (17 July, 2000)
Edition: Paperback
Sales Rank: 38,207
Average Customer Rating: 4.9 out of 5
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Customer ReviewsRating: 5 out of 5
Practical Overview of Meta Data
Books and materials on Meta Data have a tendency to hyperbole on theoretical aspects. Recently I set out to find a book, on Meta Data, to accompany a presentation I was making to the Insurance Industry Association.Business executives are concerned on return-on-investments for IT investments. Meta Data can be far removed from most executives mind share. In my search for Meta Data reading material - I came across David Marco's book. Finally I found an author that can write effectively on Meta Data that addresses technical issues while answering questions that business executives will have. It is very easy to get buried in theory with Meta Data - the challenge is to define an effective company-wide strategy that will increase efficiency and identify opportunities for further analytics. It is important to engage colleagues and built trust for Meta Data implementations. Mr. Marco does an excellent job of discussing real-world Meta Data implementations. The ideas and concepts he discusses will greatly help most managers embark on a Meta Data strategy. Please let me know if you have any questions or suggestions.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Good practical advice -- makes tangible the mysteries
As a knowledge management worker for a large pharmaceutical, my company is taking a keen interest in meta data. This book has a lot of real world advice for bringing this very mysterious topic into workable focus, to enable a company to share information assets and facilitate their effective re-use. When one thinks about it, meta data is the key to Amazon's success. Can you imagine if Amazon's repository of information was nothing more than the content of the books themselves and their titles? We would be nowhere. I marvel that Amazon is able, through meta data, to deliver more knowledge, and to enable that knowledge to foster yet more collaboration and knowledge...in fact to model my tastes and get me to buy books I didn't even know about!! David Marco discusses a lot of challenges that large information management projects face and the criticality of key roles in a meta data project (such as the information architect) and the need for user requirements. There are really a lot of pitfalls in approaching meta data (the first being to educate the laypersons in your company as to what it is, and its power, to get funding!). Good book. Good advice, especially pertaining to the political aspects. Navitating through the politics and getting buyin is 90% of the meta data challenge, and am thankful he has experiences to share and advice on this.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Great book
Comprehensive guide for anyone interested in developing an enterprise Metada repository.
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