Product Description

"This is the first book to tackle the subject of meta data in data warehousing, and the results are spectacular . . . David Marco has written about the subject in a way that is approachable, practical, and immediately useful. Building and Managing the Meta Data Repository: A Full Lifecycle Guide is an excellent resource for any IT professional." –Steve Murchie Group Product Manager, Microsoft Corporation

Meta data repositories can provide your company with tremendous value if they are used properly and if you understand what they can, and can′t, do. Written by David Marco, the industry′s leading authority on meta data and well–known columnist for DM Review, this book offers all the guidance you′ll need for developing, deploying, and managing a meta data repository to gain a competitive advantage. After illustrating the fundamental concepts, Marco shows you how to use meta data to increase your company′s revenue and decrease expenses. You′ll find a comprehensive look at the major trends affecting the meta data industry, as well as steps on how to build a repository that is flexible enough to adapt to future changes. This vendor–neutral guide alsoincludes complete coverage of meta data sources, standards, and architecture, and it explores the full gamut of practical implementation issues.Taking you step–by–step through the process of implementing a meta data repository, Marco shows you how to:
– Evaluate meta data tools Build the meta data project plan
– Design a custom meta data architecture
– Staff a repository team
– Implement data quality through meta data
– Create a physical meta data model
– Evaluate meta data delivery requirements

The CD–ROM includes:
– A sample implementation project plan
– A function and feature checklist of meta data tool requirements
– Several physical meta datamodels to support specific business functions

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1037688 in Books
• Published on: 2000-08-23
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 416 pages

Amazon.co.uk Review
The storage and management of Meta Data is a vitally important part of data warehouse development. However, the whole field of data warehousing has moved so rapidly in recent years that an agreed set of standards are still not yet in place. This means that David Marco's Building and Managing the Meta Data Repository is brave because the one certainty is that it will be out of date in short order. (In fact it is out of date already because it doesn't refer to the important announcement made recently by the OMG--Object Management Group--which points the way to embracing XML as the unifying factor). By the same token, any book that covers this important and rapidly changing field is worth reading if you need to get a feel for the issues involved.

Marco's definition of meta data is "knowledge of systems, business, competition, customers, products and markets", encompassing technical data to enable technical staff to maintain systems on a physical level and business data so users can access the data they need to run the business. Three chapters set the scene, describing meta data, its uses and the state of standards for meta data repositories. The remaining eight chapters deal in detail with implementation issues. So, if you are building a data warehouse, and don't know why meta data is important, this is an excellent book to buy.

Ultimately this is a worthwhile book for the information it contains, but the delivery can grate on the nerves in parts. --Mark Whitehorn

Freelance Informer, 24th November 2000
"Here is a book which offers you and your company all the guidance you'll need for developing, deploying and managing a data repository in order to gain competitive advantage."

From the Back Cover
"This is the first book to tackle the subject of meta data in data warehousing, and the results are spectacular … David Marco has written about the subject in a way that is approachable, practical, and immediately useful. Building and Managing the Meta Data Repository: A Full Lifecycle Guide is an excellent resource for any IT professional." —Steve Murchie Group Product Manager, Microsoft Corporation Building and Managing the Meta Data Repository Meta data repositories can provide your company with tremendous value if they are used properly and if you understand what they can, and can’t, do. Written by David Marco, the industry’s leading authority on meta data and well–known columnist for DM Review, this book offers all the guidance you’ll need for developing, deploying, and managing a meta data repository to gain a competitive advantage. After illustrating the fundamental concepts, Marco shows you how to use meta data to increase your company’s revenue and decrease expenses. You’ll find a comprehensive look at the major trends affecting the meta data industry, as well as steps on how to build a repository that is flexible enough to adapt to future changes. This vendor–neutral guide also includes complete coverage of meta data sources, standards, and architecture, and it explores the full gamut of practical implementation issues. Taking you step–by–step through the process of implementing a meta data repository, Marco shows you how to:

• Evaluate meta data tools
• Build the meta data project plan
• Design a custom meta data architecture
• Staff a repository team
• Implement data quality through meta data
• Create a physical meta data model
• Evaluate meta data delivery requirements

• A sample implementation project plan
• A function and feature checklist of meta data tool requirements
• Several physical meta data models to support specific business functions