Have you read or seen much on the next evolution of the Web called Web 2.0? Web 2.0 is a collection of technologies and frameworks that enables collaboration from a social perspective. We can see this transformation from Web 1.0 to the more collab...

Continue reading "Metadata 2.0" »

There was a day where the valuation of knowledge was based upon the scarcity of it. IN fact, we built hierarchal structures within organization to ensure command and control of knowledge where those that know are located at the top and those that...

Continue reading "Valuation of Knowledge" »

How can you expect innovation and creativity from an organization that demands Return On Investment (ROI) analysis from $30.00 expenditure? This was an interesting comment from Seth Godin on a Padcast on Net Concepts Weblog. Not sure if I totall...

Continue reading "Great Line" »

This week was my first trip out west to visit the San Francisco DAMA group. They made both myself and my family feel welcome. The guest speakers included Graeme Simsion and Danette McGilvray, both of which are excellent speakers. As usual, Grae...

Continue reading "DAMA Day San Francisco" »

Earlier this week, I had the opportunity to address the DAMA San Francisco user group and discuss various ideas around the Web 2.0 and applying business models to enterprise metadata. One idea that occurred to me was that there is a big differenc...

Continue reading "Business Model versus Business Value" »

In Enterprise 0.0, the competition for my job was within a specific geographic or organizational area. That is to say, in order to compete, I just needed to be better than the guy sitting next to me. Enterprise 1.0 came along and with the advent...

Continue reading "Enterprise 2.0 and Expertise" »

Have you ever sat down and thought about the different frameworks for metadata delivery? The first and most common method is that metadata fulfills a Business Need. Now, this may very well be a technology need associated with a data warehouse. I...

Continue reading "Business Trilogy" »

I am not sure I am worthy of such praise but... I like the sound of it:

R. Todd Stephens is probably the most singularly cogent proponent of the role of Metadata in the field of Business Intelligence, who possesses an innate abili...

 

Continue reading "Not Worthy" »

Weblogs or blogs have become so ubiquitous that many people use the term synonymous for “personal web site” (Blood, 2004). Unlike traditional Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) web pages, blogs offer the ability for the non-programmer to communicat...

Continue reading "Weblog Defined" »

A Wiki is a web site that promotes the collaborative creation of content. Wiki pages can be edited by anyone at anytime. Informational content can be created and easily organized within the wiki environment and then reorganized as required (O’Ne...

Continue reading "Wiki Defined" »