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December 1998

Articles

Using Levels of Abstraction to Name Data Elements
by Judith Newton

What we call a naming convention is a collection of rules, which, when applied to data, results in a set of data elements named in a logical and standardized way.

Data Administration: Part of the Problem?
by Richard J. Orli

Data administration is part of the job of making good systems.

Enterprise Architecture: What and Why?
by Tom Finneran

Enterprise Architecture (EA) has recently become a "hot" topic. Articles and seminars here and elsewhere have discussed Enterprise Architecture (EA).

Using Check Constraints to Simulate Domains
by Craig S. Mullins

When I Learned About Entities
by Bob Schmidt

Document Renaissance
by Kevin Craine

We've gone from cave drawings to fax machines; from tribal legends to the global village; from parchment to PC's.

Building a Better Data Model
by Scot A. Becker

As Information Systems get more complicated and specialized, Data Analysts find themselves in need of a better way to express more information in their models.

DBAs Don't Need Meta Data
by Robert S. Seiner

Database Administrators (DBAs) do not need meta data. You read that statement right. They don't need meta data.

Object Orientation & Information Engineering:
by David C. Hay
The Analysis Process

This is the first in a series of articles on the relationship between the object-oriented approach to system development and the information engineering approach it appears to be replacing.

Data Warehousing: Enabling the Strategic Shift to a Customer-Centric Business
by Dave Fenton

Organizations that have historically been driven by product and service strategies are beginning to realize that there is a better way to drive revenue and gain customer share.

 
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