Metadata
Two separate bodies are working on the standards !Or metadata: the Meta Data Coalition and the Object Management Group.
Meta Data Coalition: - Formed as a consortium of vendors and interested parties in October 1995 to launch a metadata standards initiative, the coalition has been working on standard known as the Open Information Model (01M). Microsoft joined the coalition in December I998 and has been a staunch supporter along with sonic oilier leading vendors. In July 1999, the Meta Data Coalition accepted the Open Information Model as the standard and began to work on extensions. In November 1999, the coalition was driving new key initiatives.
The Object Management Group: - Another group of vendors is including Oracle, IBM. Ilewlett-Packard. Sun. and Unisys sought for metadata standards through the Object Management Group a larger established forum dealing with wider at ray of standards object technology. In June 2000, the Object Management Group unveiled the Common Warehouse Metamodel (MIA) is the standard for metadata interchange for data warehousing.
Although in April 2000, the Meta Data Coalition and the Object Management Group said that they would 'cooperate in reaching a consensus on .a single standard, this is still an elusive goal. As most corporate data is managed with tools from Oracle, 113M, and Microsoft. Cooperation between the two camps is all the more critical.
Two separate bodies are working on the standards !Or metadata: the Meta Data Coalition and the Object Management Group.
Meta Data Coalition: - Formed as a consortium of vendors and interested parties in October 1995 to launch a metadata standards initiative, the coalition has been working on standard known as the Open Information Model (01M). Microsoft joined the coalition in December I998 and has been a staunch supporter along with sonic oilier leading vendors. In July 1999, the Meta Data Coalition accepted the Open Information Model as the standard and began to work on extensions. In November 1999, the coalition was driving new key initiatives.
The Object Management Group: - Another group of vendors is including Oracle, IBM. Ilewlett-Packard. Sun. and Unisys sought for metadata standards through the Object Management Group a larger established forum dealing with wider at ray of standards object technology. In June 2000, the Object Management Group unveiled the Common Warehouse Metamodel (MIA) is the standard for metadata interchange for data warehousing.
Although in April 2000, the Meta Data Coalition and the Object Management Group said that they would 'cooperate in reaching a consensus on .a single standard, this is still an elusive goal. As most corporate data is managed with tools from Oracle, 113M, and Microsoft. Cooperation between the two camps is all the more critical.
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