Building Metadata with what you have around the office. Metadata is an important corporate asset, that is all too often overlooked and under-funded. The organization often expects their data professionals to produce metadata out of whatever is available around the office, and slip it in between other project priorities. It is no wonder that so many projects, data and otherwise do not have proper metadata documentation.
This presentation will give some down to earth examples of putting together your own home-spun Metadata Repository. The topics covered include:- Types of Metadata
- Tools for accessing and retrieving metadata
- Tools for sharing metadata
- Making the case for ROI on Metadata
- Uses of Metadata
Dawn Michels is the Information Architect for Andersen Corporation, in Bayport Minnesota and has many years experience in relational database design, across several DBMS and applications. She has developed many data designs and modeling initiatives spanning the Insurance, Medical Devices, and Retail and Credit Card industries. Dawn has also worked for Guidant Corporation, Fair Isaac Inc, MN Life Insurance and was the project lead at General Mills on their first Corporate Wide DW. This included data design, internal marketing as well as hardware and software selection. To round out her professional career, Dawn is an adjunct faculty member at The College of St. Catherine, teaching courses in Mgmt Information Systems and Information Mgmt. She has spoken at four previous DAMA Conferences on assorted topics of interest.
Dawn was the VP of Chapter Services for DAMA Intl 2000-2002. Prior to taking on that role, Dawn was President of DAMA MN for 3 years, and previously VP of Education for DAMA MN, 3 years.