Universal Meta Data Models

DAVID MARCO is the world's foremost authority on meta data. He is the founder and President of Enterprise Warehousing Solutions, Inc., a GSA schedule and Chicago-headquartered stra-tegic partner and systems integrator. Marco is also the author of Building and Managing the Meta Data Repository (Wiley). MICHAEL JENNINGS is an enterprise architect and global data warehousing strategist in the human resources outsourcing technology architecture practice at Hewitt Associates. He is a monthly columnist for DM Review Magazine and a frequent speaker on business intelligence issues at major data warehousing conferences.

Acknowledgements. About the Authors. Introduction. Part One: Presenting the Managed Meta Data Environment. Chapter 1: Overview of the Managed Meta Data Environment. Chapter 2: The Managed Meta Data Environment Architecture. Chapter 3: Managed Meta Data Environment Applications. Part Two: Universal Meta Data Models for the Meta Data Repository Environment. Chapter 4: Universal Meta Data Model for Enterprise Systems. Chapter 5: Universal Meta Model for XML, Messaging, and Business Transactions. Chapter 6: Universal Meta Model for IT Portfolio Management. Chapter 7: Universal Meta Model for Business Rules, Business Meta Data, and Data Stewardship. Chapter 8: The Complete Universal Meta Model. Appendix A: Model Diagrams. Appendix B: What's on the CD-ROM? Appendix C: Glossary. Appendix D: Recommended Reading. Index. End-User License Agreement.