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A MetaData Repository is a vital component for Enterprise Data Management
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Recording and managing data in a large-scale environment requires an
industrial-strength tool designed especially for that purpose.
In a situation where a number of different Tools are being used,
it is appropriate to consider using an Integration Product,
such as that offered by MetaIntegration.
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Here is a section on Standards :-
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| OMG
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The Object Management Group is proposing a Common Warehouse MetaModel, UML and XMI. |
| Oracle
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Common Warehouse Model. |
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Here is a selection of Vendor Products :-
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Adaptive Metadata Manager |
Part of an impressive range of Products from
Adaptive
Bloor has written a
very favourable report of the Adaptive product set :-
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ASG Rochade |
The price is difficult to find, which probably means 'If you have to ask, then you can't afford it' !!!.
Here's a useful
Rochade User Goup,(not managed or censored by ASG).
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Data Advantage Group
| Data Advantage Group's Metacenter repository is an Enterprise Tool
offering customization and impact analysis. |
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Data Foundations (SAG)
| Data Foundations OneData from Software AG
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Global IDS |
Offers a very interesting (and detailed) Data Discovery Architecture.
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IBM MetaData Workbench |
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InfoLibrarian Corporation |
A very impressive Web Site, with a wide range of useful information about Metadata Management.
Offers the InfoLibrarian MetaMart� and InfoLibrarian Metadata Repository�.
Prices start from $795 for InfoLibrarian Studio� and
Free Evaluation Downloads are available.
They also offer many packages ranging from the InfoLibrarian Studio™ to the Enterprise for metadata management, data governance and Master Data Management.
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| LogiDex
| Offers "Lifecycle Manager", which displays complex, enterprise application environments in a graphical style. |
| MetaIntegration
| Described by Giga as "The Switzerland of Integration Tools"
- prices from $2,000 for Personal Edition up to $60,000 for the Enterprise Edition. |
| MetaMatrix
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A sophisticated Product. |
| Microsoft
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Good article from MSDN magazine on how to Create a Database Schema Repository using XML with Meta Data Services in SQL Server
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| SAS
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Warehouse Administrator. |
| SchemaServer
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From SchemaLogic. |
| Syspedia
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From Syspdeia |
| Unicorn Repository
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"The Data Semantics Company". |
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And here are people doing very interesting work on Table-driven Application Generation :-
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| Alphora
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Their Dataphor product (at $5,000/licence) "provides a complete foundation for Automated Application Development (AAD)",
and they have a very interesting page on
Database Theory.
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| Deklarit
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Their product (at $900/licence) "provides a simple way to automate a great part of the application design, development and maintenance process.",
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| Ilog
| Based around a Business Rules Engine, now taken over by IBM. |
| Versata
| Their product automates Business Rules which declare Processes and Data Structures
and works with IBM's WebSphere. |
