Today in the world of globalization, which is extremely competitive in nature, data and information are the most valuable assets to every business leader for effective and accurate decision making. This brings metadata into the limelight, which is a term used by most technologists and is embraced as the DNA of data and information. Metadata is the data that describes any aspect of an organization’s data and information assets and enables the business leaders to use and manage these assets effectively.

Industry leaders feel that the Zachman Framework (What, How, Where, Who, When and Why) is a great tool to establish the metadata management process.

• "What" provides the data definition, when data is introduced to the organization and the information definition that is consumed within the organization
• "How" provides information on the business rules for how the organization obtains the data and eventually converts it into meaningful information
• "Where" provides the location where the data resides and the location where the information is sourced from and used
• "Who" identifies the roles and responsibilities within the organization associated with data management and information management
• "When" provides information on the timeliness of data acquisition and the information delivery
• "Why" provides information on the reasons for acquiring the data and the value of the information for informed decision making

Acxius’s Metadata Management Services can help you in this effort by providing you with robust metadata solutions to achieve your EDM goals - thus taking your business to the next level in the process.

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