Structuring Business Metadata for Effective Data Warehouse Support

Title: Structuring Business Metadata for Effective Data Warehouse Support

Research Question: How can business metadata be structured to provide an integrated and flexible interface between metadata and data, while effectively handling temporal characteristics and evolution of metadata?

Methodology: The study proposes a temporal object-oriented business metadata model. This model is related to both technical metadata and data warehouse, and provides ways to access and navigate metadata along with data.

Results: The research identifies important limitations or inadequacies of existing business metadata proposals. These include the lack of an integrated and flexible interface between metadata and data, and inadequate handling of temporal characteristics and evolution of metadata. The proposed temporal object-oriented business metadata model addresses these issues.

Implications: The research has implications for the data warehousing field. It provides a framework for structuring business metadata that can effectively support decision-making and business analysis. It also contributes to the ongoing efforts to standardize metadata and information systems.

Link to Article: https://arxiv.org/abs/0110020v1 Authors: arXiv ID: 0110020v1