Data Architecture COMN Sense – Is the Data Warehouse Dead?
It was a pleasure to attend a data warehousing event in Austin, Texas in early December to take a few courses and to meet with colleagues and practitioners in …
Data Architecture COMN Sense – The Missing Logical Layer in Data Management
Around 2009 someone used the term “NoSQL” to describe an emerging class of database management systems (DBMSs) that, as the name implies, did not offer the …
DAMA International Community Corner: The DAMA Evolution Continues
The team held a face to face meeting in Berlin at the beginning of October to review progress to date and plan next steps on the key projects that are driving …
Exploiting a Semantic Method
In this paper I wrote with Sylviane Cardey and Peter Greenfield we examine how a semantics based technique, MMS (Méta Modèle Sémantique) [ELA 99, ELA 00] …
Data Modeling: Understanding and Being Understood
Originally published in TDAN.com in October 2006. From time-to-time TDAN.com shares oldie but goodie articles as Features that are relevant for the times. This …
Converting an Essential Data Model to a Real Database Design, Part 2
This is the second part of a three-part article intended to clarify the translation required between the essential view and a relational database designer’s …
From the Publisher – Happy 1st Anniversary & Questionnaire
With the July 2016 issue of TDAN.com, we celebrate our first year with the new format and new relationships. More than a year ago I started working with …
Data Professional Introspective: Comparative Data Management (Part 2)
Part 1 | Part 3 | Part 4 (Coming Soon) In our last column, “Comparative Data Management Part 1,” we spoke about how organizations are …
Converting an Essential Data Model to a Real Database Design, Part One
This is the first part of a three-part series, describing the process of converting a relatively abstract Essential Data Model into a practical Logical …
Modeling Data Versus Designing Databases: A Case Study
At first, it might seem strange to separate the process of modeling data from the process of designing databases. Not only are these topics very different, but …