Business Metadata: Capturing Enterprise Knowledge

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Homonyms can be resolved by using the Rosetta Stone in reverse. In the

example in Figure 7.8, the database name is required to distinguish each origi-

nating table name, since all the tables have the same name. Then the corre-

sponding new name can be associated properly. In the case of business terms, a

modifier is usually required, as in the example of revenue: Sales revenue versus

Marketing revenue.

7.3.6 Using a Staging Area

As we have seen, a lot of editing is usually required when preparing data for

entry into an enterprise metadata repository—so much editing in fact, and

rather ...