The current issue of The Communications of the ACM has a nice article on Metadata. More from the traditional perspective of database metadata, but it is still well written.

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Interesting concepts developed by Nova Spivak (2004). The Metaweb will connect everything as opposed to the Internet that connects information, social software that connects people, and the semantic web that connects everything. For a picture of...

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I was recalling a story about Michael Eisner (CEO, Disney) where he was providing a tour of Disney World. On several occasions, the author described Mr. Eisner stopping to pick up trash. Should the CEO of a major corporation stop and pick up tra...

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During the past six years, our organization has focused on delivering enterprise metadata under a strategy that has served us well. This month I want to do the "Full Monty" and provide a deep dive into the specifics of our strategy. For many years...

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I have been reading an interesting book by Ray Kurzweil on the convergence of nanotechnology, AI, robotics, computing technology, etc. The Singularity Is Near : When Humans Transcend Biology discusses the changes required to manipulate ...

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I am passionate about design and all of the aspects that surround the process of design. The neurons begin to stir when I see excellent design in web pages, document templates, power points, search results, computer equipment, house decorations, ...

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