March 7, 2007

5:30 PM - 6:30 PM

Level: Intermediate

Computers used in the commission of a crime often leave a trail of evidence that is entrapped in the data stores, archives and mail boxes of the corporation. The challenge is not so much in their storage as in their recovery. Litigation has repeatedly pointed to the need for not only “storing” data but for having effective and timely mechanisms for its recovery. The delivery of the “facts” without the context provided by metadata can result in bad decision making and errant judgments. Metadata, when properly used, can significantly reduce the resources, time and costs required for the e-discovery process.

This presentation includes:

• Several strategies related to forensic electronic discovery (e-discovery)
• Standards in metadata for documents, e-mail, presentations, web content as well as relational data and blogging content.
• Specific examples of metamodel content as well as real world cases
• The construction of a governance and compliance metamodel to contain specific regulatory and potential litigation defense information
• Metadata for data retention: used to track data lifecycle and to enforce specific retention periods and authorities associated with its management and disposal
  

Bonnie O'Neil is Senior Principal Data Architect at Project Performance Corporation, and is an internationally recognized expert on data architecture and business rules, comprising such specializations as data quality, corporate glossaries and dictionaries, taxonomies/ontologies, data profiling, data warehouse architecture (certified CIF/GIF Architect and trainer), semantic data integration and migration. She was the keynote speaker at a Data Quality conference in South Africa, and a founding member of both the Guide Business Rules Project, and the ODTUG Business Rules Summit. She is the author of two database books, as well as over 40 articles and technical white papers, and is currently working on her third book, co-authored by Mr. Inmon entitled Business Metadata, to be released in Spring/Summer of 2007.