July 11, 2006

Getting Your Arms Around Metadata

This is the first document in the "Metadata Management" series.

by Rob Karel

with Connie Moore, Matthew Brown, Keith Gile, Alex Cullen, Lucy Fossner

Executive Summary (This is a document excerpt)

In a world of siloed information systems, metadata has the potential to glue all the information together. Yet the term is so overused that the value metadata offers through more consistent information and processes — potentially leading to high-confidence decision-making, visibility across business processes, and a better understanding of customers, products, and employees — gets lost. And systems for managing metadata enterprisewide simply don't exist yet. Crafting an effective metadata strategy means that enterprises must understand the roles within an organization that need metadata, the context in which metadata gets used, and the business value it brings.

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