Re: Data Administration - Anyone Interested? <DA vs. DBA>

"Hirisave L. Pratap" <hirisave.pratap@intelsat.int> wrote: I agree with the distinction between Data Administration and DataBase Administration. In my opinion the proposed group (or mailing list) should focus on Data Administration as proposed by Hirisave L. Pratap. Most DBA issues get coverage in groups like 'comp.databases' or 'comp.databases.theory'. Please notice that I already raised my hand on this 'testing the water' [SNIP] |----Couple of points for consideration of the netters. In my view, the |----Data Administration is different from Database Administration. |----Data Administration combines business knowledge and processes. It |----requires domain knowledge etc. etc. Database administration deals |----with efficient organization and retrieval of data. The distinction |----between the two is not apparent in small and stable domains. In most |----shops, both the roles are handled by the same group. Some one |----recommended looking into software engineering group. On a couple of |----occasions I did browse the articles posted there. Unfortunately I did |----not see much of the discussion on the data and/or domain knowledge |----etc. [SNIP] =================================================================== Chris van Iersel (cviersel@pi.net) consultant on IT strategy and tactics ------------------------------------------------------------------- | '..The world we have created | Chris van Iersel | | today has problems which can't | P.O. Box 2191 | | be solved by thinking the way | 1180 ED Amstelveen | | we thought when we created them.' | The Netherlands | | (Albert Einstein) | | ===================================================================