The Information Repository: A Tool for Metadata Management

The Information Repository: A Tool for Metadata Management

Noushin Ashrafi (University of Massachusetts at Boston, USA) and Jean-Pierre Kuilboer (University of Massachusetts at Boston, USA)
Copyright: © 1995 |Pages: 10
DOI: 10.4018/jdm.1995040101

Abstract

After a departure from the narrow view of data administration, a period of loose user involvement, and experimentation with stand-alone Computer Aided Software Environment many firms have come to realize that the promises of modern information systems have not been fulfilled. The failure to integrate competing models has limited overall productivity progress. There is a current renewal of interest in an integrated, but not centralized, modeling and data administration function supported by one or more information repositories. The following article is aimed at defining the modern repository, its value to the firm, and offering guidelines for the selection of the most appropriate tool.

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