Data-Information-Knowledge-Wisdom Actors Involved in Exchange Wisdom Person Best Possible Decisions Person-to-Person Machine-to-Person Knowledge Acquired and Understood Person-to-Machine Machine-to-Machine Information Context – with Metadata Data Machine-to-Machine

Data - Information Reference Model Information Management Example functions and technologies for each layer Information Management •  Search engines •  Inference engines •  File retrieval • Information discovery • Information retrieval •  Naming Conventions •  Indexing Methods •  Registry • Ontologies • Taxonomies • Vocabularies Metadata Management Data Management •  Data standards •  Middleware •  DBMS •  Vaults •  Format standards •  Change control Metadata Management •  Logical Data Model •  File Labels Structured Data Stores Un-Structured Data Files •  Databases •  Data Formats •  File Servers •  Repositories Analogous to the OSI 7 layer reference model

Data - Information Reference Model Information Management •  Search engines •  Inference engines •  File retrieval • Information discovery • Information retrieval The layer typically overlooked •  Naming Conventions •  Indexing Methods •  Registry • Ontologies • Taxonomies • Vocabularies Metadata Management Data Management •  Data standards •  Middleware •  DBMS •  Vaults •  Format standards •  Change control Metadata Management •  Logical Data Model •  File Labels Structured Data Stores Un-Structured Data Files •  Databases •  Data Formats •  File Servers •  Repositories

Metadata Management Metadata describes the characteristics of an artifact, such as its name, type of content, sensitivity, lifecycle phase, perceived importance to specific audiences, quality or value to the enterprise, and its relationships to other artifacts. Managed Metadata with a Controlled Vocabulary … Standard Metadata Will enable organization to reduce the costs of building and maintaining application interfaces Is a necessary enabler of a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) Will improve data and information assets discovery and reuse … data mining Will improve knowledge worker productivity Metadata Data Invoice No. 1234 Qty 10 Order Date 9/20/07 Buyer John Doe Total Price $210.00 To achieve enterprise IT agility requires effective metadata management