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Simply put, metadata is data about data, and it is critical for successful data warehouse and business intelligence (BI) implementations. Find the Oracle metadata advice and answers you need about Oracle's metadata solutions in this section.
IN THIS TOPIC:  NEWS (4) , EXPERT TECHNICAL ADVICE (6) , WHITE PAPERS , BEST WEB LINKS (1) , DEFINITIONS (3)

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  NEWS: 1 - 3 of 4
New Oracle BI tool adds color to compliance efforts
SearchOracle.com | 11 May 2006
ARTICLE - Oracle offers up details about its new Daily Business Intelligence for Compliance software.
Getting BI with a little help from your friends
SearchOracle.com | 05 Jan 2006
ARTICLE - The IT manager for a prominent legal auditing firm explains what he learned during a yearlong Oracle BI implementation process.
Legal auditing firm retains customers with Oracle BI
SearchOracle.com | 04 Jan 2006
ARTICLE - The threat of losing major clients over lack of reporting capabilities prompted one legal auditing firm to get moving on a long-delayed Oracle Business Intelligence initiative.
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  EXPERT TECHNICAL ADVICE: 1 - 3 of 6
Data warehouse based on operational data model
26 Oct 2006
EXPERT ANSWER - When trying to design a data warehouse, we often try to model the database on the operational data model. Are there any guidelines in trying to create a data warehouse based on the operational data model?
RFID: Metadata in motion
Submitted By: SearchDataCenter.com | 23 Mar 2006
TIP - RFID (radio frequency identification) implementation continues apace.
Method other than DB link for large data transfer
30 May 2006
EXPERT ANSWER - We are working on the development of a datamart (in 9i) which takes data from two source systems. Since this is a transaction system, there is a lot of data. Currently we are doing incremental loads using a spool file and ...
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  WHITE PAPERS
Benefits of Automating Data Warehousing
Published by: UC4 Software, Inc | 02 May 2008
WHITE PAPER - Data warehousing can be defined as a copy of data specifically structured for querying and reporting.
Rich Information Applications or Business Intelligence - How Do I Choose?
Published by: Actuate Corporation | 14 Apr 2008
WHITE PAPER - When selecting reporting technologies, it is important to understand the applications and the users they were designed to serve.
Application Factories a JBUILDER Whitepaper
Published by: CodeGear | 08 Apr 2008
WHITE PAPER - This white paper discusses how to transform your IDE and allow it to enhance application customization by enabling the effective capture of both application evolution and developers' knowledge.
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  BEST WEB LINKS: 1 - 1 of 1
Metadata: No longer a second-class citizen
SearchOracle.com | 14 Mar 2002
BEST WEB LINK - Is metadata just a second-class citizen in your data center? The father of the data warehouse Bill Inmon discusses how the world of metadata has arrived in such a sorry state and why your organization must develop a metadata ...
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  DEFINITIONS: 1 - 3 of 3
metainformation
27 May 2003
WORD - Metainformation is information about information. For example, a if a document is considered to be information, its title, location, and subject are examples of metainformation. This term is sometimes used interchangably ...
metadata repository
12 May 2003
WORD - A metadata repository is a database of data about data (metadata). The purpose of the metadata repository is to provide a consistent and reliable means of access to data. The repository itself may be stored in a physical ...
metabase
27 May 2003
WORD - A metabase (sometimes called a metadatabase or metadata repository) is a database for storing metadata (data that describes data) for a specific purpose. For example, a metabase might include metadata about all configuration ...
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