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DESCRIPTION:Click for Latest Location Information: http://md2008.wilshireconferences.com/sessionPop.cfm?confid=18&proposalid=180\nAs the target audience for metadata management evolves, and metadata management reaches deeper into the enterprise, more and more organizations are seeking to collect and provide "business" metadata. Unfortunately, although the idea of business metadata is attractive, when it comes to actual collection and delivery, many companies struggle to define what they really mean! What are the real metadata requirements of people for whom IT really is "just a tool"? And what is the business value of metadata to those users? In this presentation, Ian and Sue will consider several different classes of business metadata and use real life examples to consider the following issues: \n* What kinds of business metadata are there? \n* Where do the different kinds of business metadata come from? \n* How should different kinds of business metadata be collected? \n* How should business metadata be communicated?  \n* How should different kinds of business metadata be collected? \n* At the end of this presentation, attendees should be able to communicate effectively about how metadata can help the true business user, and the practicalities of providing it, and use that knowledge as part of the process of justifying investing in metadata management.
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SUMMARY:What Do They Mean, BUSINESS Metadata?
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