Dataversity Digest: December 2011

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December 2011

Shannon Kempe

Executive Editor

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

As the year ends I have been reflecting on DATAVERSITY since its launch in April at Enterprise Data World 2011. The DATAVERSITY mission is to provide the single best source of education for anyone working with data in their professional life. CLICK TO CONTINUE »

Kyle Banker

This webinar explores MongoDB in practice by considering four hypothetical application designs (based on real-world designs, of course).

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Pablo Riboldi

IF YOU MISSED IT

Webinar: How to Build and Promote a Successful MDM Solution on a Shoestring

Whether you are considering starting a MDM strategy, or want to reenergize a moribund MDM effort, this presentation will give you practical ideas and strategies to get your MDM program to a successful end.

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David Plotkin

PRACTITIONER-TO-PRACTITIONER

Common Data Stewardship Issues You'll Need to Deal With, Part 1

As your stewardship effort matures over time, there are certain common problems you'll need to learn to deal with. These issues must be handled in order to keep stewardship on track and successful. So here's my "top ten" list of these important items. CLICK TO CONTINUE »

Karen Lopez

FEATURED CONTRIBUTOR

Karen Lopez

Karen Lopez is Principal Consultant at InfoAdvisors, Inc., a Toronto-based consulting firm. Karen has been a DATAVERSITY contributor and supporter since its launch in April at the Enterprise Data World 2011 conference where she was a speaker. She is also well known on Twitter as @datachick Karen has written several blogs that continue to elicit comments, excitement, and gain in popularity. Some of her most popular blogs include: Hiring Data Professionals: Mason Dixon Lines and Zombies in Your Job Postings;Normalization Myths that Really Make Me Crazy—Introduction to a Rant, the first in a series; and her most recent post Fly the Dang Plane.

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ASK THE COMMUNITY

What is the difference between a Taxonomy and an Ontology?

Many people ask what the difference between a taxonomy and ontology is. This slide is meant to address that, and more. Inspired by work by such folks as Margie Hlava, Mills Davis, Dave McComb and others, it's my take on the spectrum of complexity and power available from various means of organizing and classifying information.

-Answered by Christine Connors, TriviumRLG

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