assuring users that the Repository has correctly captured the metadata belonging to
the database tables that hold business-related data.
It is also important for users to understand what they have done in terms of defin-
ing new columns, and to understand how these columns are being used. Function-
ality needs to be introduced into the rules engine to track these columns. In particular,
users need to be able to view the contents of the columns they add, and indeed of
all columns in all database tables.
Viewing the Database Tables
In the previous chapter we discussed how users can identify a database table to which
they are interested in adding columns. The design alternatives presented there for
identifying database tables also apply to a user who wants ...