
Chapter 1 Introducing Business Metadata
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a glance if all contracts contained the same types of metadata. Some contracts
would have some business metadata terms, whereas other contracts would
not. Some contracts would have business metadata terms in a different order,
and others would refer to the same type of business metadata using a different
term than other contracts. In a word, there is no order, no predictability of busi-
ness metadata terms from one contract to another. It is for this reason that this
business metadata is called unstructured.
1.5.1 A Grid for Metadata
A grid can then be created for divisions of metadata. Figure 1.16 show ...