Special Report: Meta happens!

Articles
The changing face of repositories
Emerging industry standards are making distributed repositories a reality; the failed centralized model gives way to a more realistic strategy of using multiple smaller stores for specific functions. -- December 2001

Meta data conundrum carries on
OMG turns to XML in latest effort to create standard meta data architecture; can this effort gain support from suppliers where others have failed? -- October 2001

Oracle's long and winding repository road
Oracle's repository and meta data strategy wre somewhat thrown into flux as Java and the eXtensible Markup Language (XML) data interchange standard garnered attention. -- August 1999

Meta is the word
Without a meta data standard, developers are forced to write interfaces between best-of-breed tools available in larger database, data warehousing and data mart markets. With one standard, this time-consuming task goes away. --August 1999

Who's minding the meta data?
A chip design software firm opts for an "enterprise mart" strategy to improve reporting from its SAP R/3 system and other systems. A variety of off-the-shelf-packages are used. -- May 1998

Comment
WSDL and the Wild, Wild West -Uche Ogbuji
Meta data repository architecture techniques -David Marco
Which comes first, the repository or warehouse? -David Marco
Evaluating meta data tools -David Marco
Getting it right with meta data -David Marco
Demystifying Meta Data -David Marco
Advanced Meta Data Architecture -David Marco
Ignore Meta Data Strategy At Your Peril -Wayne W. Eckerson