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Business Metadata: Capturing Enterprise Knowledge

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The book is good for people who have very little exposure to enterprise metadata.

The Good:
* simple and effective language
* broad coverage of the subject

The Bad:
* A very "database" focussed approach - this is a little at odds with some of the latest developments in this field where Enterprise Search Engines are pushing the envelope.

The Ugly:
* The diagrams are really ugly to look at.

Excellent book, wide-range introductory overview of the most metadata challenges! The authors should write the follow up to this book, something like "Technical Metadata: Is That What You Meant?" or "Integrated Metadata: Bridging the Gap Between Business and IT." The power of the metadata is in the ability to provide comprehensive picture about all stages of the business content (knowledge) in an enterprise, including the implementation of the business metadata and the ability to connect the business definitions with the databases, applications and reports that implement the business data and that what was missing in this book.

Offers a good perspective about metadata, ownership versus stewardship. Quick read and is something DBAs should be familiar with.