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were less than sterling. Most were not sustainable and lacked business metadata
capabilities. Today the enterprise metadata repository technology is still quite
limited in a number of products, but functionality and support for business
metadata have improved. We not only now have the IT metadata repository
products but also portal and collaboration products that can be implemented
by business teams. A number of implementation options are available that do
not require a million dollar capital investment just to start the metadata project.
Today the issues are more about defining the plan, delineating ...