Data Modeling Resources
The Data Administration Newsletter (TDAN)
http://www.tdan.com/edatt1_tocf.htm
Robert Seiner maintains this online publication and updates it on a quarterly basis. Articles typically have a business spin to them, focusing on such issues as data modeling, metadata management, data warehouses, and repositories. Among the other services offered by the site are book reviews, conference lists, and vendor and product lists.
The Journal of Conceptual Modeling (JCM)
http://www.inconcept.com/JCM/
The Journal of Conceptual Modeling (JCM) is a free online publication devoted to data modeling, design, and implementation issues. Issues are produced on an irregular basis. An archive holds issues going back to 1998.
The Data Management Center
http://www.infogoal.com/dmc/dmchome.htm
The Data Management Center hosts several resource pages on a wide variety of topics related to data management, including data modeling, data administration, databases, data warehouses, objects, standards, and project management. Resource lists tend to be vendor-heavy, but nonetheless provide good pointers to more information.
David C. Hay
http://essentialstrategies.com/publications/
David Hay, the president of Essential Strategies, has published on a number of data-related topics such as data modeling, business rules, data warehousing, and knowledge management. His articles are available for free download from this site with registration.
Inmon Associates, Inc.
http://www.inmongif.com/
This is the official web site produced by Bill Inmon, one of the leaders in data warehousing. This web site replaces http://www.billinmon.com, which included information about Inmon's Corporate Information Factory (CIF). Inmon's current web site focuses on his framework for government information systems, the Government Information Factory (GIF), and includes his biography, white papers, and information about related books, classes, and special events.
The Zachman Institute for Framework Advancement (ZIFA)
http://www.zifa.com/
The Zachman Institute for Framework Advancement (ZIFA) is based upon the work of John Zachman, a leading expert in the area of enterprise architecture. The Zachman Framework, first introduced in the late 1980s, is a graphical tool for "sorting out very complex, technology and methodology choices and issues that are significant both to general management and to technology management." The ZIFA site offers information on the Framework and bibliographies on related subjects.
Yahoo Groups Data Management Discussion Group
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dm-discuss
Dm-Discuss is a moderated discussion list focusing on such data management topics as business rules, data administration, data modeling, enterprise architecture, and metadata. Message archives from 1998 to the present are available online.
InfoAdvisors Discussion Groups
http://www.infoadvisors.com/UserLists.htm
InfoAdvisors, a Toronto-based information resource management consulting firm, hosts several online discussion groups on variety of data-related topics. Participation in the data modeling list is free, but it is a closed, moderated forum requiring advance registration. Scroll down to the bottom of the page to see a list of the online discussion groups.
The Business Rules Group
http://www.businessrulesgroup.org/
The Business Rules Group's charter is to "formulate statements and supporting standards about the nature and structure of business rules, the relationship of business rules with the way an enterprise is organized, and the relationship of business rules with systems' architectures." This site offers such items as bibliographies and links related to business rules and data modeling, and vendor information
March 4, 2005
