Metadata management for information control and business success

목차 (Table of Contents)

• CONTENTS
• Preface = xix
• Part Ⅰ The Concept of Metadata = 1
• 1 Background = 3
• 1.1 Information in business - an overview = 3
• 1.2 Common factors affecting data quality = 5
• 1.3 Data flexibility and respnsiveness to business change = 7
• 1.4 Active IM = 8
• 1.5 Information management processes = 9
• 1.6 Data and metadata = 9
• 1.7 Information technology - science, engineering, or black magic? = 11
• 1.8 It organizations and responsibilities = 13
• 1.9 Metadata entity types = 14
• 1.10 Introduction to the enterprise metamodel = 15
• 1.10.1 It infrastructure management data = 15
• 1.10.2 IT activity management data = 15
• 1.10.3 IT application management data = 16
• 1.10.4 Data management data = 16
• 1.11 The importance of metadata = 17
• 2 The Challenges of Information Management = 21
• 2.1 Challenge 1 : Recognizing the fallacy of software engineering = 22
• 2.2 The evolution of software engineering = 26
• 2.2.1 The cost of Providing adequate computing power = 28
• 2.2.2 The cost of developing effective application systems = 29
• 2.2.3 The cost of capturing of otherwise adquiring data = 30
• 2.2.4 The cost of making effective use of information = 30
• 2.3 Challenge 2 : Distinguishing between data and information = 31
• 2.4 Challenge 3 : Recognizing data / application independence = 32
• 2.5 Challenge 4 : The information overload problem = 33
• 2.6 Challenge 5 : Effective classification of information = 33
• 2.7 Occam's dilemma - recognizing necessary complexity = 37
• 2.8 Metadata analysis = 40
• 2.8.1 Tools, techniques, and syntax = 41
• 2.8.2 The Entity concept = 42
• 2.8.3 One-to-one Relationships = 42
• 2.8.4 One-to-zero or -one relationships = 42
• 2.8.5 One-to-many relationships = 43
• 2.8.6 Descrete subtypes = 43
• 2.8.7 Overlapping subtypes = 45
• 3 Establishing a Common Basic Metamodel = 47
• 3.1 Entities = 48
• 3.2 Attributes = 50
• 3.3 Classification = 51
• 3.4 RElationships = 51
• 3.5 Domains = 52
• 3.6 Events = 52
• Part Ⅱ Metadata in the Business = 57
• 4 Managing the Metadata = 59
• 4.1 The principles of metadata management = 59
• 4.1.1 Changes to the data management metamodel = 60
• 4.1.2 Refinement of subject area data models = 63
• 4.1.3 Extension or reduction of existing domains = 65
• 4.1.4 Changes to business rules = 66
• 4.1.5 Changes to the IT management metamodel = 68
• 4.2 Metadata management roles and responsibilities = 69
• 4.3 The responsibilities of the metadata manager = 72
• 4.3.1 The metadata manager and the metamodel = 73
• 4.3.2 The metadata manager and the metadata-base = 74
• 4.3.3 The metadata manager and the application data models = 74
• 4.3.4 The metadata manager and the application databases = 75
• 4.4 Scalability of metadata management activities = 75
• 5 The Role of Metadata in Application Development and Support = 79
• 5.1 Introduction = 79
• 5.2 Metada and the management of consistency = 80
• 5.2.1 Local component reuse = 81
• 5.2.2 Local library management = 82
• 5.2.3 Global library management = 83
• 5.2.4 Reuse of classified Components = 85
• 5.3 Developing a component-driven approach = 86
• 5.4 The price of reusability = 89
• 5.5 The metamodel library = 91
• 5.6 Case study 1 : Matrices = 92
• 5.6.1 Background = 92
• 5.6.2 Entities = 93
• 5.6.3 The generic matrix model = 94
• 5.6.4 Relationships = 95
• 5.7 Case study 2 : Work planning = 96
• 5.7.1 Background = 96
• 5.7.2 Entities = 97
• 5.8 Case study 3 : Control loops = 97
• 5.8.1 Examples of control loops = 97
• 5.9 Further examples of reusable constructs = 98
• 5.9.1 The hierarchy = 98
• 5.9.2 The bill of material = 99
• 5.9.3 Logical tests = 99
• 5.9.4 Program logic = 100
• 5.9.5 Jouneys sand movements = 100
• 5.10 Application development = 100
• 5.11 Business process development and reengineering = 103
• 5.12 Legacy systems and the mapping problem = 104
• 6 Metadata in Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence = 107
• 6.1 The data warehouse paradigm = 108
• 6.2 Approaches to data mart deployment = 114
• 6.3 Operational metadata = 120
• 6.4 Informational metadata = 123
• 6.5 Decision support and OLAP = 125
• 6.6 BI tool type 1 : Multidimensional OLAP = 126
• 6.7 BI tool type 2 : Relational OLAP = 127
• 6.8 Informational metadata summary = 128
• 6.9 Metadata management and proliferation within a data warehouse = 129
• 6.10 Conclusions = 131
• 7 The Role of Metadata on the Internet = 133
• 7.1 Informatin storage on the Internet = 133
• 7.2 Setting standards of data = 135
• 7.3 Extensible mark-up language (XML) - the beginnings of metalanguage = 137
• 7.4 Current XML metalanguages = 139
• 7.5 The problem of data standards = 140
• 7.6 The future of the search engine? = 143
• 7.7 One step further - DBMS Web integration = 146
• 7.8 Summary - toward second-generation e-commerce = 147
• Part Ⅲ The Basics of Metamodeling = 151
• 8 Design and Management of MetaData-bases = 153
• 8.1 Introduction to the metamodels = 153
• 8.2 Basic data structure metadata = 156
• 8.2.1 The ENTITY entity = 156
• 8.2.2 The ATTRIBUTE entity = 156
• 8.2.3 The RELSTIONSHIP entity = 161
• 8.2.4 The IDENTIFIER entity = 165
• 8.2.5 The SUBTYPING entity = 165
• 8.2.6 The DATA MODEL entity = 166
• 8.2.7 The DATA MODEL ENTITY entity = 167
• 8.2.8 The DATA MODEL ATTRIBUTE entity = 168
• 8.2.9 The DATA MODEL RELATIONSHIP entity = 169
• 8.2.10 The DATA MODEL SUBTYPING entity = 170
• 8.3 Metadata and data value control = 170
• 8.3.1 The ATTRIBUTE TYPE entity = 171
• 8.3.2 The DOMAIN entity = 172
• 8.3.3 The IDENTIFIER entity = 174
• 8.3.4 The FOREIGN IDENTIFIER entity = 176
• 8.3.5 The ENTITY OCCURRENCE entity = 177
• 8.4 Applicatin depolyment and configuration control metadata = 177
• 8.4.1 The APPLICATION entity = 177
• 8.4.2 The APPLICATION MODULE entity = 178
• 8.4.3 The APPLICATION INSTALLATION entity = 178
• 8.4.4 The SOFTWARE SUPPLIER entity = 179
• 8.4.5 The APPLICATION RELEASE entity = 180
• 8.4.6 The APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT MODULE entity = 181
• 8.4.7 The APPLICATION MODULE RELEASE entity = 181
• 8.4.8 The APPLICATION USER entity = 182
• 8.4.9 The APPLICATION SECURITY MODULE entity = 183
• 8.5 Process modeling metadata = 184
• 8.5.1 The BUSINESS PROCESS entity = 184
• 8.5.2 The BUSINESS PROCESS DECOMPOSITION entity = 186
• 8.5.3 The BUSINESS EVENT entity = 188
• 8.6 Project and people management metadata = 189
• 8.6.1 The PROJECT entity = 189
• 8.6.2 The PROJECT PHASE intity = 189
• 8.6.3 the PROJECT PLAN entity = 190
• 8.6.4 The TASK entity = 190
• 8.6.5 The IT EMPLOYEE entity = 190
• 8.6.6 The JOB ROLE entity = 191
• 8.6.7 The ASSIGNMENT entity = 191
• 8.6.8 The RESPONSIBILITY entity = 192
• 8.6.9 The SUPERVISOR entity = 193
• 8.7 IT infrastructure management metadata = 194
• 8.7.1 The COMPUTER entity = 194
• 8.7.2 The NETWORK entity = 195
• 8.7.3 The LOCATION entity = 195
• 8.7.4 The NETWORK NODE entity = 197
• 8.7.5 The SERVER entity = 197
• 8.7.6 The PERIPHERAL DEVICE entity = 198
• 9 Interactin Between the Metamodels = 199
• 9.1 Introduction = 199
• 9.2 Data/application metamodel interaction = 200
• 9.2.1 Views of data = 201
• 9.2.2 Interfaces = 204
• 9.2.3 Data consistency = 205
• 9.3 People / application metamodel interaction = 206
• 9.3.1 Security and access control = 207
• 9.3.2 Expertise = 208
• 9.4 Application / infrastructure metamodel interaction = 209
• 9.4.1 Machine usage = 209
• 9.4.2 Maching optimization = 210
• Appendix A : Data Model Compatibility = 213
• Appendix B : The Data Management Metamodel = 217
• The ATTRIBUTE entity = 217
• Definition = 217
• Basic relationships = 218
• Basic attributes = 219
• The DATA MODEL entity = 220
• Definition = 220
• Basic relationships = 221
• Basic attributes = 221
• The DATA MODEL ATTRIBUTE entity = 222
• Definition = 222
• Basic relationships = 222
• Basic attributes = 222
• The DATA MODEL ENTITY entity = 223
• Definition = 223
• Basic relationships = 223
• Basic attributes = 224
• The DATA MODEL RELATIONSHIP entity = 224
• Definition = 224
• Basic relationships = 225
• Basic Attributes = 225
• The DATA MODEL SUBTYPING entity = 226
• Definition = 226
• Basic relationships = 226
• Basic attributes = 227
• The DOMAIN entity = 228
• Definition = 228
• Basic relationships = 229
• Basic Attributes = 230
• The ENTITY entity = 230
• Definition = 230
• Basic Relationships = 231
• Basic Attributes = 232
• The ENTITY OCCURRENCE entity = 232
• Definition = 232
• Basic relationships = 233
• Basic Attributes = 233
• The IDENTIFIER entity = 234
• Definition = 234
• Basic relationships = 234
• Basic attributes = 235
• The KEY ATTRIBUTE entity = 235
• Definition = 235
• Basic relationships = 235
• Basic attributes = 236
• The RELATIONSHIP entity = 236
• Definition = 236
• Basic relationships = 238
• Basic attributes = 238
• The SUBTYPING entity = 239
• Definition = 239
• Basic relationships = 240
• Basic attributes = 240
• The SUBTYPE CATEGORIZATION entity = 241
• Definition = 241
• Basic relationships = 242
• Basic attributes = 243
• The FOREIGN IDENTIFIER entity = 243
• Definition = 243
• Basic relationships = 243
• Basic attrubutes = 243
• The FOREIGN IDENTIFIER ATTRIBUTE entity = 244
• Definition = 244
• Basic relationships = 245
• Basic attributes = 245
• Appendix C : The Application Management Metamodel = 247
• The APPLICATION entity = 247
• Definition = 247
• Basic relationships = 248
• Basic attributes = 249
• The APPLICATION INSTALLATION entity = 250
• Definition = 250
• Basic relationships = 251
• Basic attributes = 252
• The APPLICATION MODULE entity = 252
• Definition = 252
• Basic relationships = 253
• Basic attrubutes = 253
• The APPLICATION SECURITY MODULE entity = 254
• Definition = 254
• Basic relationships = 254
• Basic attrubutes = 255
• The APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT MODULE entity = 255
• Definition = 255
• Basic relationships = 256
• Basic attributes = 257
• The APPLICATION MODULE RELEASE entity = 258
• Definition = 258
• Basic relationships = 259
• Basic attributes = 259
• The APPLICATION RELEASE entity = 260
• Definition = 260
• Basic relationships = 261
• Basic attributes = 261
• The APPLICATION USER entity = 262
• Definition = 262
• Basic relationships = 262
• Basic attributes = 263
• The BUSINESS EVENT entity = 263
• Definition = 263
• Basic relationships = 264
• Basic attributes = 264
• The BUSINESS PROCESS entity = 265
• Definition = 265
• Basic relationships = 265
• Basic attributes = 266
• The PROCESS DECOMPOSITION entity = 266
• Definition = 266
• Basic relationships = 266
• Basic attributes = 267
• The SOFTWARE SUPPLIER entity = 268
• Definition = 268
• Basic relationships = 268
• Basic attributes = 268
• Appendix D : The Activity Management Metamodel = 269
• The ASSIGNMENT entity = 269
• Definition = 269
• Basic relationships = 270
• Basic attributes = 270
• The IT EMPLOYEE entity = 271
• Definition = 271
• Basic relationships = 271
• Basic attributes = 272
• The JOB ROLE entity = 272
• Definition = 272
• Basic relationships = 273
• Basic attributes = 274
• The PROJECT entity = 274
• Definition = 274
• Basic relationships = 275
• Basic attributes = 275
• The PROJECT PHASE entity = 276
• Definition = 276
• Basic relationships = 276
• Basic attributes = 277
• The PROJECT PLAN entity = 277
• Definition = 277
• Basic relationships = 277
• Basic attributes = 278
• The RESPONSIBILITY entity = 278
• Definition = 278
• Basic relationships = 279
• Basic attributes = 279
• The SUPERVISOR entity = 280
• Definition = 280
• Basic relationships = 280
• Basic attributes = 281
• The TASK entity = 281
• Definition = 281
• Basic relationships = 282
• Basic attributes = 282
• Appendix E : The Infrastructure Management Metamodel = 285
• The COMPUTER entity = 285
• Definition = 285
• Basic relationships = 285
• Basic attributes = 286
• The NETWORK entity = 287
• Definition = 287
• Basic relationships = 288
• Basic attributes = 288
• The LOCATION entity = 289
• Definition = 289
• Basic relationships = 289
• Basic attributes = 290
• The NETWORK NODE entity = 291
• Definition = 291
• Basic relationships = 291
• Basic attributes = 292
• The SERVER entity = 292
• Definition = 292
• Basic relationships = 293
• Basic attributes = 293
• The PERIPHERAL DEVICE entity = 293
• Definition = 293
• Basic relationships = 294
• Basic attributes = 294
• Glossary = 295
• About the Author = 301
• Index = 303