Information Architecture News

Data Cookbook User Group Meeting

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The Data Cookbook User Group Meeting is held semi-annually in the Fall and Spring.   It is scheduled for 90-minutes and provided via a web conference.  Join the meeting on Thursday, October 23, 2014. Agenda IData presentation on recently added features Client presentations on their use of the Data Cookbook Dale Amburgey (Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University) on bringing 3 campuses together using the Cookbook. Fernando Colina (Salem State University) on integrating the Cookbook with SSRS. Hank Robinson (University of Nebraska-Omaha) Rachel Ruiz […]

New functional area “Space”

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The new “space” functional area contains just 2 terms – building and room number.  The building term definition includes a link to the approved list of building names and unique building numbers.  The list is available as an HTML page and a csv file format.  Data custodians who need an approved list of building names can download the file.

Coursera course on Metadata

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Coursera is offering an 8-week session on metadata beginning July 14 called Metadata: Organizing and Discovering Information.  Increasingly I see formal coursework and degrees offered in data management.  I’m taking this course in part to see how the instructor presents information, as I routinely need to present metadata concepts to the uninitiated.  I already see gaps in what the course offers – nothing in the syllabus about governance or visualizing metadata.  Some questions I want to answer in the course: […]