InfoLibrarian™ presents Business
Metadata in the following ways.
- Graphical representation of
subject matter and categories that your users can drill through.
- Business views present descriptions and names in the terminology understood by
the business users.
- Visual maps that show the inter-relationships
between the different data points within IT systems.
- You can categorize it
the way you want.
What is Business Metadata?
Business Metadata describes
technical computer data and applications in
a way that is understandable to the
business users. Business Metadata hides
technological constraints by mapping business
language to the technical systems.
- Context
- Understandability
- Search ability
- Usability
Business Metadata answers the following questions:
- What are the valid values?
- Where did this data come from?
- How do I get more information?
- Is there data that can help me?
Business Metadata provides users with logical drilldown 
- Are there any reports for me?
- Is this table going to work?
- Show an inventory of reports.
- How good is the data?
- Is this data suitable for my analysis?
- Is the data fresh?
- How current or when was it last updated?
- Is there a single version of the truth?
What is a Business Rule?
A business rule is guidance that there is an
obligation concerning conduct, action, practice,
or procedure within a particular activity or
sphere.
What is A Business Term?
A business term is any term that is
familiar to the business as opposed to technical
terms which are used by technical people. However,
both may describe the same thing in different
language. Simply stated, often the main hindrance
to business people using computer based systems is
that they were built by technical people and
the terminology tends to be technical making them
difficult to understand.
Technical Metadata
Technical Metadata supports developers and
technical personnel in linking tools,
applications, and systems into a solution. For
example, it explains database structure, installed
applications, and server systems. Best practices
dictate that a data warehouse should be Metadata
driven to be successful.
Technical metadata provides details about
- Source destination information
- Data element definition
- Impact analysis
- Lineage analysis
- Data dictionaries
- Audit ability- by
capturing entitlement, definitions and
occurrences of data points within your systems
Long Term Value
InfoLibrarian's open
framework allows you the freedom to use its
straightforward tools to access your Metadata and
extend your solution into the future.
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