A Central Data Warehouse is a repository of company data where a database is created from operational data extracts. This database adheres to a single consistent enterprise data model to ensure consistency in decision making support across the company. A Central Data Warehouse is a single physical database which contains business data for a specific...
Active Data Warehouse is repository of any form of captured transactional data so that they can be used for the purpose of finding trends and patterns to be used for future decision making. According to Bill Inmon a prominent data warehousing practitioner data warehouse defined in terms of subject-oriented time variant non-volatile and integrated. Subject-oriented...
An Active Metadata Warehouse is a repository of Metadata to help speed up data reporting and analyses from an active data warehouse. In its most simple definition a Metadata is data describing data. Many companies have spent years and billions of dollars trying to cleanse profile extract transform load and aggregate many different types of data...
Enterprise Data Warehouse is a centralized warehouse which provides service for the entire enterprise. A data warehouse is by essence a large repository of historical and current transaction data of an organization. An Enterprise Data Warehouse is a specialized data warehouse which may have several interpretations. Several terms used in information...
Today s business environment is very data driven and more companies are hoping to create competitive advantage over other business organization competitors by creating a system whereby they can assess the current status of their operations any at any given moment and at the same time they can also analyze trends and patterns within the company operation...
Operational Metadata are metadata about operational data. Metadata is basically a kind of data that describes another data content item or another collection of data which includes multiple content items. Its main purpose is to facilitate better understanding use and management of data. The use and requirement of metadata varied depending on the...
A Centralized Data Warehouse is a data warehousing implementation wherein a single data warehouse serves the needs of several separate business unites simultaneously using a single data model that spans the needs of multiple business divisions. Today having information means having power. In any a lot of aspects of daily living having relevant...
Metadata Warehouse is a database that contains the common metadata and client-friendly search routines to help people fully understand and utilize the data resource. It contains common metadata about the data resource in a single organization or an integrated data resource that crosses multiple disciplines and multiple jurisdictions. It contains a history...
An aggregate data is the data that is the result of applying a process to combine data elements from different sources. The aggregate data is usually taken collectively or in summary form. In relational database technology aggregate data refers to the values returned when one issues an aggregate function. The query function examines the aspects...
Atomic data are data elements that represent the lowest level of detail. For example in a daily sales report the individual items sold would be atomic data while rollups such as invoice and summary totals from invoices are aggregate data. The word atomic data is based on the atom where in chemistry and physics is the smallest particle that can...
Data Source as the name implies provides data via data site.  Data site in turn stores an organization s database data files including  non-automated data.  Companies implement a data warehouse because they want a repository of all enterprise related data as well as a main repository of the business organization s historical data. But...
Data Type  describes how data should be represented interpreted and how the values should be structured or how objects are stored in the memory of the computer.  It  refers to the form of a data value and constraints placed on data interpretation The form of data value  vary  and can take  different forms such as  date...
Demographic data are data output of demography which is the study dealing with the human population. Demographic data can be related to the Earth the same as geographic data. Demographic Data usually represent geographical location identification or describe populations. This field of science and research can be applied to anything about the dynamic...
Legacy data comes from virtually everywhere within the information system and support legacy systems. The many sources of legacy data include databases often relational but hierarchical network object XML and object relational databases as well. Legacy data is another term used for disparate data. Some files such as XML documents or flat...
Foredata is a very new term that stands for Developed From Fore" meaning beforehand up front at or near the front.  In fact not many are aware of the existence of such word but the underlying function of the foredata has always been there and has existed as early as the database system has existed years ago. Foredata are all data about...
An integrated data resource is composed of many different data sources that have been applied with several tools to overcome disparities. For instance without the aide of integration tools a business enterprise may have several database systems in each of the departments within the business organizations. These database systems may be relational...
Redundant Data as the name suggests is data duplication.  It means same data of a single organization is stored at multiple data sites. Dealing with redundantly data means that a company has to spend a lot of time money and energy. Since as mentioned these redundant data are unknown to the organization they can crawl into the system and...
Integrated Operational Data also known as operational data stores is a volatile collection of data that support an organization’ s daily business activities. Integrated Operational Data are the output of the operational data store. An operational data store is an architectural construct which is part of the larger enterprise data management...
Spatial data is about information that has several dimensions. It is sometimes referred to as aspatial data. It includes both geospatial data and structo-spatial data. It is all about information wherein location is of some benefit or importance although is not always about location on the planet s surface but in other entities as well like the body...

 

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