Re: Data Administration - Anyone Interested?

The BEACON Project (dstobart@shore.net) wrote: : There seems to be a lack of attention in the news groups to data : administration as opposed to database administration. Topics such as : Logical Data Modeling : Warehousing : Repositories : Strategies for modeling distributed data : and others : Does anyone else out there feel that there needs to be a greater focus on : these subjects? : It maybe that this is because news groups are generally visited most by : techies rather than business side people. I represent the Data : Administration Management Association (DAMA) and am thinking about : starting a news group on how to manage the data resource. Anyone : interested? : Diana M. Stobart : Vice President : DAMA - Greater Boston Chapter If a lot more people knew what a Data Dictionary was and used one, life would be a fair bit simpler. I would certainly be interested in joining the NewsGroup or mailing list if one were set up. Jon Paine **************************************************************** * Jon(athan) Paine * Phone: + 44 (0)1865 735422 * * Computer Systems Officer * Fax: + 44 (0)1865 736374 * * Templeton College * E-Mail: * * Oxford University * paine_j@templeton.oxford.ac.uk * * England * temp0003@sable.oxford.ac.uk * **************************************************************** * The Duke had a mind that ticked like a clock and, like a * * clock, it regularly went CUCKOO... * * Terry Pratchett - Wyrd Sisters * ****************************************************************