Data Model Patterns: A Metadata Map (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems)

Front Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 4
Copyright Page......Page 5
Table of contents......Page 10
 ABOUT METADATA......Page 14
 ABOUT THIS BOOK......Page 15
 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 18
FOREWORD......Page 20
 WHAT ARE METADATA?......Page 22
 IN SEARCH OF METADATA......Page 26
 THE ARCHITECTURE FRAMEWORK......Page 28
 METAMODELS AND THE FRAMEWORK......Page 34
 THE NOTATION: OBJECT AND ENTITY CLASSES......Page 38
 LEVEL OF ABSTRACTION......Page 50
 DATA AND THE ARCHITECTURE FRAMEWORK......Page 54
 THE BUSINESS OWNER AND BUSINESS RULES......Page 55
 ROW TWO: BUSINESS TERMS, CONCEPTS, AND FACT TYPES......Page 58
 ROW THREE: THE ENTITY-RELATIONSHIP DIAGRAM......Page 86
 ROW FOUR: DATA DESIGN......Page 108
 ROW SIX: THE PRODUCTION SYSTEM......Page 136
 ACTIVITIES AND THE ARCHITECTURE FRAMEWORK......Page 144
 DEFINITIONS......Page 146
 TYPES OF PROCESS MODELS......Page 148
 ROW TWO: FUNCTIONS AND BUSINESS PROCESSES......Page 150
 ROW THREE: PROCESSING DATA......Page 163
 ROW FOUR: PROGRAM MODULES......Page 178
 ROW SIX: PROGRAM INVENTORY......Page 199
 ABOUT LOCATIONS......Page 204
 ROW TWO: PLACING PARTIES, BUSINESS PROCESSES, AND MOTIVATION......Page 213
 ROW THREE: DATA FLOW DIAGRAMS......Page 216
 ROW FOUR: PLACING DATA AND PROGRAMS......Page 220
 ROW SIX: SYSTEM INVENTORY......Page 224
 THE PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS COLUMN......Page 230
 ABOUT PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS......Page 231
 ROW TWO: THE BUSINESS OWNER’S VIEW......Page 239
 ROW THREE: THE ARCHITECT’S VIEW......Page 251
 ROW FOUR: THE DESIGNER’S VIEW......Page 255
 ROW SIX: SECURITY AND GOVERNANCE......Page 264
 THE EVENTS AND TIMING COLUMN......Page 266
 ROW TWO: BUSINESS EVENT TYPES......Page 268
 ROW THREE: SYSTEM EVENTS......Page 273
 ROW FOUR: PROGRAM EVENTS......Page 288
 THE MOTIVATION COLUMN......Page 294
 ROW THREE: THE ARCHITECT’S VIEW......Page 313
 ROW FOUR: THE DESIGNER’S VIEW......Page 343
 ROW SIX: MEASURING DATA QUALITY......Page 359
GLOSSARY......Page 364
REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING......Page 412
ABOUT THE AUTHOR......Page 416
INDEX......Page 418