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5.3.3 Technology Tool: Local Metadata
Each different technology architectural component or tool has its own metadata,
called “local” metadata. Local metadata is most often technical metadata and
is closely tied to the technology that it supports. Business Objects has its own
online analytical processing (OLAP) metadata; extract-transform-load (ETL)
software has its own metadata; spreadsheets have their own internal metadata;
data warehouses have their own metadata; the enterprise resource planning
(ERP) application has its own metadata; and so forth. Each local metadata
store is used to describe and control the metadata found within the confines ...