An Invitation To Preview A Major Data Modeling Presentation (Brief Version)
From February 27 to March 1, 2024, in Phoenix Arizona, a conference that is entirely dedicated to professional data modeling will take place: The Data Modeling Zone (Data Modeling Zone - Technics Publications)
"Data modeling is all about understanding the data used within our operational and analytics processes, documenting this knowledge in a precise form called the "data model", and then validating this knowledge through communication with both business and IT stakeholders."
DMZ is the only national/international conference that is completely dedicated to data modeling, with more than twenty successful meetings worldwide.
A Presentation Preview Opportunity – During the DMZ conference, a major presentation titled "Conceptual Information Resource Modeling for Librarians, Library Technologists, and Everybody Else" will be given by IT industry pioneer David C. Hay.
- As a courtesy to the Library, Archive, and Museum (LAM) community, Mr. Hay would like to preview his one-hour presentation to interested parties in the community.
- A Challenge Was Issued –The presentation is an outgrowth of a challenge presented to Mr. Hay: Apply industry-standard DMZ-style conceptual modeling techniques to products of information modeling efforts created by the LAM community. Mr. Hay's presentation constitutes a significant initial effort by an IT industry expert to engage "Library World" approaches to information modeling and IT system design.
- Hay's work deserves close attention by the LAM community due to its realization of a sophisticated design technique called "pattern-based ER modeling."
- Hay's methods identify and consolidate underlying similarities in conceptual models, while improving their adaptability in the face of change.
- Implications – If Hay's methods can be applied to LAM "Things of Interest," what smaller quantity of "application patterns" could fully represent the full set of concepts underlying 100+ metadata LAM standards?
LAM parties attending Hay's slideshow preview should expect to experience informative "culture clashes" due to differences between LAM and DMZ (+ Hay) trained practitioners.
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Preview Date and Time: Thursday, January 18, 2024. 11:00am Pacific;12:00pm Mountain; 1:00 PM Central; 2:00pm Eastern
RSVP: dch@essentialstrategies.com
See the Accompanying Documents: Full Invitation, Presenter's comments, Hay Resumé
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Ronald Murray
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