Nominee Information: Provide the full corporate name, address, telephone, email and Web address for the organization being nominated for the Best Practices Award entry. Make sure to include the Individual(s) at the nominee organization who is to be contacted regarding the nomination and/or submission (include name, title, telephone, e-mail). This should be the person who will respond to questions and be interviewed by the judges if chosen as a finalist. You may also provide an alternate contact if you wish.

Please provide a statement that acknowledges you acceptance of the Submission Conditions as outlined above.

Please answer the following questions. Keep your responses concise please.

Describe your meta-data program planning process, when the program started, where in the organization the program resides (business and/or technical areas) and who is ultimately responsible for delivering value.

Describe the phases of the program, when you went "live" with your meta-data program, and whether or not your program aligns with an industry standard framework including ITIL, Zachman, CWM, … others.

Describe the level of management sponsorship, promotion, enforcement and the business drivers of your meta-data program.

Describe the business and technical meta-data that is being managed by your program (include meta-data supporting the management of structured and unstructured data if applicable).

Describe your program's meta-data architecture (centralized, distributed, virtual, tool-based, …)

Describe the meta-data systems of records for each of the meta-data sources, how the meta-data is integrated, and how the meta-data is accessed utilizing this architecture.

Describe the metadata quality assurance and change management processes and procedures for each meta-data system of record.

Describe the relationship between your meta-data program and ancillary activities including master data management, content management, data quality/quality reporting initiatives, compliance initiatives, … others that have aligned with your program.

Describe the business and technical roles associated with your meta-data program, how many people participate in these roles, where they reside in the organization, and who manages their responsibilities.

Describe the meta-data user base (both business and technical), how many people are currently using the metadata and the areas of your organization where they are receiving the most value from the meta-
data program.

Describe how the meta-data program is marketed and promoted internally in your organization and how accountability for the management of meta-data is applied and enforced.

Describe how your organization measures the success of your meta-data program, how KPIs (key performance indicators) are defined, and the meta-data program quality reporting method (balanced scorecard, six sigma, …).

Submit a diagram indicating the flow of metadata as it is collected and distributed. See this file as an example and explanation.