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May 30, 2005
DAMA Conference
Wow, what a week at the 2005 DAMA International Symposium and Wilshire Metadata Conference. I was very excited to see sessions on Information Architecture, Dublin Core Metadata Standard, Semantic Web, Enterprise Architecture, Knowledge Management and the Academic track provided some great research. I cant think of any other conference where the diversity of topics is covered at the level of detail as it was here.
Oh, so how did my sessions go? Got some great reviews with the only exception coming from the vendors. Things that make you go hmmmmm. Maybe I am letting too many secrets out and people are getting nervous. My main message was simple this; Metadata should be run as any other business venture. Long term success comes from great products, value-add services, marketing, and the customer experience.
Posted by Todd at 9:27 PM
May 20, 2005
Monthly Column
DMReview Article published in the May issue. The Metadata Support Model provides a high level view of the environment required in order to deliver customer focused technology. More /a>
Posted by Todd at 9:50 PM
TDWI World Conference
At the end of my Keynote Speech for the TDWI World Conference in Baltimore a young lady approached the stage asking if our conversation at the DAMA International Symposium and Wilshire Metadata Conference will include unstructured best practices. While not directly, clearly the message of universal application of metadata best practices has taken hold. Along with the post below, the conversation simply affirms my believe that metadata will converge as the leading technology or perhaps the over arching umbrella that brings together the principles of design, architecture, and application of information.
Posted by Todd at 1:15 PM
Information Architecture
How does Metadata relate to Information Architecture? I would argue that they overlap at about 80% of the functions and requirements. Many people pigeon hole metadata as a database technology while other do the same with IA as a web only technology. Both assumptions are wrong and out dated. Some folks do understand this convergence and the impact within the organization and thats a positive sign.
Recent Blog Entry on an IA Oriented Site:
Enterprise Metadata Blog
Enterprise Metadata Blog by R. Todd Stephens
Todd has got a nice mix of enterprise metadata from both theory and practice since he did his dissertation at the same as working at Bell South on real enterprise metadata needs. He has presented at several conferences involving both the more techie stuff at DAMA International as well as Dublin Core and other related conferences. I believe this intesection of the techie/practical world and the theory/academic world gives us a good mix of the challenges we face at managing information systems. He's definitely in the mix of things I'd like to be involved. It will be interesting to see where his blog goes in sharing his experiences. Many of his previous presentations and handouts are also available on his site.
» By madonnalisa at 05/16/2005 - 18:34
Link: http://iaslash.org
Posted by Todd at 11:40 AM
May 18, 2005
Two New Publications in Metadata
Two new research articles have been posted on the web site. The first looks at Consumer Taxonomies which look at metric utilization and Folksonomies. The second paper review an implementation of the MetaCard and the utility gain by implementing such a technology.
Portfolio Page
Posted by Todd at 1:40 AM
May 17, 2005
Blogging by IBM, Cool
As has been reported on a variety of blogs around the net, IBM today is publishing an announcement on its Intranet site encouraging all 320,000+ employees world wide to consider engaging actively in the practice of "blogging". This move follows several years of persistent grassroots efforts by an informal community of IBM bloggers.
Posted by Todd at 12:49 PM
May 16, 2005
Metadata needs to be a verb
Can you metadata something? Within your organization, what does metadata stand for? Metadata must become a verb of action which distinguishes it from just another IT project in order to deliver long term value add.
Metadata Rules
Metadata Solves
Metadata Creates
Metadata Architects
Metadata Defines
Metadata Describes
Metadata Archives
Metadata Documents
Metadata Manages
Metadata Governs
Metadata Profiles
Posted by Todd at 1:19 PM
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Posted by Todd at 12:02 PM
June DAMA-Atl Agenda
A Great session is planned for early June with presentations on Metadata, E/R & ETL and Data Transformation as well as a session on the future of data management. A number of our members are attending the DAMA-I conference in Orlando which immediately precedes our meeting. They will be keeping an eye out for us and report what they learn.
Agenda
Posted by Todd at 12:00 PM