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3 co-located conferences on Data Management, Information Quality and Data Warehouse & Business Intelligen

3-5 November 2010
Radisson Blu Portman Hotel
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EDM Council BLOG

What Makes a Model Semantic?

We are making good progress on the next draft of the Semantics Repository. Meanwhile we have been mapping to and from various data model formats.

Two q... click here to read the complete blog ...

By: Mike Bennett| 21 May 2010| Comments: 0 |

Entity ID – A Task for ISO

As the systemic oversight component of regulatory reform moves forward, the one area in which everyone seems to be in agreement, is on the need for a standard entity identifier to help regulators and market authorities unravel links and relation... click here to read the complete blog ...

By: Michael Atkin| 16 Apr 2010| Comments: 0 |

Semantic Models and Data Models

We are currently working our way though a number of "Proof of Concept" exercises with the Semantics Repository. Along the way we are learning a lot about the similarities and differences between a semantic model and a logical data mode... click here to read the complete blog ...

By: Mike Bennett| 15 Mar 2010| Comments: 0 |

The Semantics Repository - What's it For, Anyway?

With the Semantics Repository rapidly reaching beta status, more and more people are asking the obvious question: what can we do with it? How does it help us solve... click here to read the complete blog ...

By: Mike Bennett| 05 Mar 2010| Comments: 0 |

Legislative and Regulatory Roundup

As Victor Hugo pointed out, "there is nothing more powerful than an idea whose time has come". And from a regulatory and legislative perspective, particularly as it relates to data mana... click here to read the complete blog ...

By: Michael Atkin| 03 Mar 2010| Comments: 0 |

Is Data Quality Just a Fairy Tale?

A light hearted look.

We hear stories of Information Management strategies and issues in other departments, divisions, organizations, and industries. But are those just fairy tales? Is there truth in these tales, is there a co... click here to read the complete blog ...

By: Michael Atkin| 08 Sep 2009| Comments: 0 |

Is Information Management Just Hype?

A light hearted look.

The ability to manage data effectively is a desire, need, request or demand each of us is dealing with today. In the end, is this just the new hype, or a true business need we have the obligation to address... click here to read the complete blog ...

By: Michael Atkin| 08 Sep 2009| Comments: 0 |

NIF Petition on Data-Related Issues

The EDM Council has endorsed and is participating in a coalition of industry, academia, and other interested parties to create an agency within the US Federal Government to deliver the data and analytic tools needed to manage systemic risk. The... click here to read the complete blog ...

By: Michael Atkin| 11 Aug 2009| Comments: 0 |

EDM Council Joins NIF

The EDM Council has been invited and has joined a coalition of industry and academia calling for the creation of a “National Institute of Finance” in the United States. The immediate goal of the NIF is US legislation to establish a new Federal ag... click here to read the complete blog ...

By: Michael Atkin| 27 Jul 2009| Comments: 0 |

Modeling Data Management Maturity

The EDM Council has entered into a formal strategic relationship with the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) of Carnegie Mellon University to create a detailed and auditable methodology for modeling data management maturity. The SEI and EDM Cou... click here to read the complete blog ...

By: Michael Atkin| 27 Jul 2009| Comments: 1 |

EDM Group on LinkedIn

On the request of members to help facilitate business connections, the EDM Council has set up an Enterprise Data Management group on LinkedIn. This is an open group (EDM Coun... click here to read the complete blog ...

By: Michael Atkin| 14 Jan 2009| Comments: 0 |

Institutional Investor Reflections on the Business Strategy for EDM

Atkin’s Hypothesis

By: Michae Atkin| 22 Sep 2008| Comments: 0 |

Semantics Repository

What "a long strange trip it’s been." I first started thinking about the precise tagging of data way back before the turn of the millennium when Merrill Lynch asked me to start work on an XML schema for market data.

OK. At that point, I ha... click here to read the complete blog ...

By: Michael Atkin| 01 Aug 2008| Comments: 0 |

The Ontological Winds of Change

My view of standards is no secret. I’ve been listening to and involved in standards for the better part of four years. And it’s not because I’m a standards geek. It’s based on an aggregation of the stated wants and needs of the financial instituti... click here to read the complete blog ...

By: Michael Atkin| 16 Apr 2007| Comments: 2 |

Hold Nothing Back

Forgive me members for I have sinned. It’s been four months since I updated the blog for the Council. L... click here to read the complete blog ...

By: Michael Atkin| 09 Apr 2007| Comments: 0 |

Impressions from FIMA
My read from the FIMA conference in London earlier this month is that the financial industry has taken a significant step forward as it relates to enterprise data management. Here are a few of my casual observations to illustrate th... click here to read the complete blog ...

By: Michael Atkin| 25 Nov 2006| Comments: 0 |

September 21, 2006. Welcome to the EDM Council blog - one of the three pillars of our communications strategy (the other two being the member directory designed to facilitate peer-to-peer networking and the EDMC forum for the free exchange of idea... click here to read the complete blog ...

By: Michael Atkin| 22 Sep 2006| Comments: 0 |

What Makes a Model Semantic?

Entity ID – A Task for ISO

Semantic Models and Data Models

The Semantics Repository - What's it For, Anyway?

Legislative and Regulatory Roundup

Is Data Quality Just a Fairy Tale?

Is Information Management Just Hype?

NIF Petition on Data-Related Issues

EDM Council Joins NIF

Modeling Data Management Maturity

EDM Group on LinkedIn

Institutional Investor Reflections on the Business Strategy for EDM

Semantics Repository

The Ontological Winds of Change

Hold Nothing Back

Impressions from FIMA

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