Internet-Enabled Business Intelligence

Chapter 10. Common Warehouse Metadata

	“And only one for birthday presents, you know. There's glory for you!” “I don't know what you mean by glory,” Alice said. Humpty Dumpty smiled contemptuously. “Of course you don't—till I tell you. I meant there's a nice knock-down argument for you!” “But glory doesn't mean a nice knock-down argument,” Alice objected. “When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less.” “The question is,” said Alice, “whether you can make words mean so many different things.” “The question is,” said Humpty Dumpty, “which is to be master—that's all.”
	--Lewis CarrollAlice in Wonderland

Words and their meanings—consider how important they are to communication. ...