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Critical Success Factors for Meta Data Management

Critical Success Factors for Meta Data Management | DM Review | Industry Led, Industry Read
Every enterprise has meta data. However, meta data is usually undocumented, and the elements are inconsistent. Most likely, some of the meta data elements are embodied in strategic and performance plans, published and unpublished polices and procedures, and system documentation. Unfortunately, there is also a lot of meta data embedded in software application code and even more that exists only as employees’ “tribal knowledge.” Undocumented meta data is unmanaged and results in certain chaos