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Using System Architect 2001
Discusses the concept that the information asset warehouse is enabled through a repository
Provides an overview of the business processes that must be established to manage metadata, including a context diagram that relates the metadata management environment to the other tools that are the sources or users of metadata.
Describes a repository-based environment for managing data warehouse meta-data.
Reviews of The Problem Space, Data Modeling Essentials, Resource Life Cycle Analysis and Implementing a Corporate Repository
Describes the various standards organizations and committees that were working on CASE, Repository and Application Development Environment standards at the time the article was written. Some information is probably out of date.
Summarizes criteria that can be used to determine whether the product you are evaluating qualifies as a repository. More in-depth evaluation criteria is provided in
Provides definitions for data dictionary, repository, data catalogue and encyclopedia.
Provides an introduction to COBOL reverse engineering techniques for populating a repository
Discusses barriers you can expect to find when migrating to a repository-based application development environment
As part of the change management series, discusses the importance of doing impact analysis across the application portfolio
Part of the Change Management Series. Uses a business rule classification scheme to determine whether an impact analysis is complete. Also discusses the need for multi-release impact analysis.
As part of the change management series, introduces the repository's role in managing change
The initial articles in the change management series, it illustrates how a repository can be used to control application enhancements
Explains why repository products need to provide extensibility to their base meta-models and provides some guidelines on extending that model
Identifies the various types of repository users and discusses how much each needs to know about the repository meta-model
Maps the repository infrastructure to the ANSI/SPARC database architecture
Second article describing the IBM modeling language with comparisons to the Chen and IDEF1X modeling approaches.
First in a two part series on the modeling language IBM introduced with its repository.
Although the modeling language remained within the halls of IBM, many of its
constructs are similar to what is used in object class modeling today.
Provides an introduction to repository concepts. The names of the standards committees and products mentioned have changed over time, but the underlying problem of effectively using repositories continues to be relevant today.
The repository user groups cited no longer exist.
Provides an introduction to the functions that a repository should support, including examples of meta-models. Map repository objects into the Zachman ISA framework.
Provides a series of questions which are to be used in evaluating a repository product. Originally published in May, 1989. Revised in August, 1998.
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