Meta Data and Data Warehouse Links

Registry Information

• Environmental Data Registry (EDR)
• DOEInfo Main Menu - an example of a user interface to the meta data
• MetaPro - sponsored by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA)
• ISO/IEC 11179 Reference
• Mission Essential Requirements (MER) Data Elements Mapped to the MHS Data Standards

Meta Data Links

• Dublin Core Metadata Initiative
• An Introduction to Metadata - by Chris Taylor, Manager, Information Access and Delivery Service University of Queensland Library
• Health Care Related Meta Data Links
• CIO Health Care Research Center
• Australian National Health Information Model (NHIM) - National Health Data Dictionary, Version 10, 2001
• American National Standards Institute's Healthcare Informatics Standards Board (ANSI HISB)
• U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
• Tools for Creation of Formal Metadata
• An ImageMap version of the FGDC Metadata Standard - by Susan Stitt of USGS
• Training Exercises used within USGS Geologic Division (rough)
• How FGDC elements are written in plain-language output
• Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC)
• FGDC Home
• FGDC Meta Data
• FGDC Metadata Workbook, Version 2.0
• FGDC Top 10 Metadata Errors
• Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (CSDGM)
• Meta Data Repository Project Planning
• Meta Data Repository Project Plan: The Orientation Phase
• Meta Data Repository Project Plan: The Feasibility Phase
• Enterprise Warehousing Solutions, Inc. (EWS) - company site for David Marco
• Enterprise Warehousing Solutions, Inc. (EWS) - company site for David Marco, author of Building and Managing the Meta Data Repository
• Improved Change Discovery through Operational Meta Data
• Demystifying Meta Data - by David Marco
• Meta Data Return On Investment (ROI)
• Meta Data ROI: Part 1 of 3 The Evolution of Business
• Meta Data ROI: Part 2 of 3 The Evolution of Technology
• Meta Data ROI: Part 3 of 3 Meta Data Solutions
• Meta Matters - National Library of Australia (NLA)
• EUN. European Schoolnet. Metadata course - General introduction to Metadata, its use, sense, explaining also a Metadata tool, producing MD, but also a MD viewer.
• Metadata Resources Links of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Coastal Services Center
• CSC NOAA - What Is Metadata?
• ArcView� Metadata Collector v2.0 Extension
• Wisconsin Land Information Clearinghouse
• Everything you ever wanted to know ... about Metadata
• Metadata Tool Exercise from The Personal Interface in GIS: Training the Trainers
• Metadata Primer -- A "How To" Guide on Metadata Implementation - by David Hart and Hugh Phillips
• Review of Metadata Tools - by Hugh Phillips
• The World Wide Web Consortium
• World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Metadata Activity Statement
• W3C SVG 1.0 Specification - Metadata - Working Draft 20000629
• The Warwick Framework: A Container Architecture for Diverse Sets of Metadata - by Carl Lagoze
• The Warwick Metadata Workshop: A Framework for the Deployment of Resource Description - by Lorcan Dempsey and Stuart L. Weibel
• Developing the Use of Metadata at the National Library of Medicine: From Planning to Implementation - by Diane Boehr
• A Common Model to Support Interoperable Metadata: Progress report on reconciling metadata requirements from the Dublin Core and INDECS/DOI Communities
• Mapping Entry Vocabulary to Unfamiliar Metadata Vocabularies

Digital Preservation

• Metadata to Support Data Quality and Longevity - by Jeff Rothenberg
• Digital Rosetta Stone: A Conceptual Model for Maintaining Long-term Access to Digital Documents - by Alan R. Heminger, Ph.D. and Steven B. Robertson, Captain USAF (in PDF format)
• Ensuring the Longevity of Digital Information - by Jeff Rothenberg (in PDF format)
• Preserving Access to Digital Information (PADI) - an initiative by the National Library of Australia (NLA)

Data Warehouse Resources

• billinmon.com - the father of data warehousing
• Bill Inmon article on The Problem with Dimensional Modeling
• The Data Warehousing Institute (TDWI)
• The Data Warehousing Information Center
• Data Modeling Techniques for Data Warehousing
• IBM Redbooks Data Management Collection
• Improving Data Warehouse and Business Information Quality: Methods for Reducing Costs and Increasing Profits - by Larry P. English
• OLAP Council - glossary
• OLAP Council White Paper
• LLNL - Meta-Data and Data Management Information Page

Extensible Markup Language (XML) Links

• XML.Gov - to facilitate the efficient and effective use of XML through cooperative efforts among government agencies
• XML.com - to help you discover XML
• XML.com (Metadata)
• Enterprise Warehousing Solutions, Inc. (EWS)
• XML's Uses In Data Warehousing: Getting Data In
• Waasszzup!?! XML and Data Warehousing That's What!
• XML: The Global Meta Data Standard

Data Tools

• INFORMATICA
• SAGENT
• DataStage� XE
• ERwin - Database Design

Other Information Sites

• Government of British Columbia
• Data Administration Section
• Data Administration Forum
• Second Moment - fields of applied statistics and analytics. It is a platform for showcasing leading edge research and a resource for analysts and businesses interested in applying the latest statistical tools and technology.
• World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Process Document
• IBM Redbooks
• U.S. Department of Education (ED) Home Page
• Molecular Expressions: Science, Optics and You - Powers Of 10: Interactive Java Tutorial
• Webevents - online exhibition
• Webevents Seminar Papers
• bookpool
• Agile Modeling (AM) - for software development projects
• SWYNK.COM
• Transaction Processing Performance Council
• Electronic and Information Technology Accessibility Links

Quality Assurance Sites

• The Quality Assurance Program Annual Report
• A Parallel Postsecondary Universe - Quality Assurance
• RFP-97-004 Institutional Quality Assurance Program
• QAP About Us Page
• The Quality Assurance Program Annual Report
• USNEI- Accreditation Quality Assurance

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