
Chapter 8 Business Metadata Delivery
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8.6 Summary
This chapter has presented several different kinds of delivery methods and
channels for disseminating business metadata to users in order to enhance
their normal work activity and help them perform their jobs better and more
efficiently. However, designing delivery mechanisms is a creative exercise, and
the reader will rapidly see that the possibilities for new and creative mecha-
nisms are limited only by the imagination. The main point is to understand the
users’ needs, identify the type of metadata they feel will be helpful, and then
devise a mechanism that interrupts their normal workflow ...