Internationally renowned author, lecturer, consultant, and independent technology analyst speaks his mind on data management.
(See his bio.)
in 2 parts:
The purpose of this two-part seminar is to provide a fundamentally correct way for evaluating data management technologies, practices and products, and to demonstrate its practical importance by applying it to the latest fad, XML.
Location: BLS Conference Training Center (see Directions and Security Procedures)
Fee:
$100 for DAMA-NCR members
$150 for non-membersEarly bird bonus: register by April 23 and receive Fabian's latest book free (Practical Issues in Database Management).
All attendees must register in advance. To register, send email to DAMANCRAdm@aol.com or call Jennifer at 301-928-2678. Please provide name, organization, and phone number.
Agenda:
| 8:30 | - | 9:00 a.m. | - | Registration (breakfast goodies furnished by DAMA-NCR) | |
| 9:00 | - | 9:15 a.m. | - | Welcome and Introductions | |
| 9:15 | - | 12:30 p.m. | - | Fabian Pascal - Part I: A FUNDAMENTAL FRAMEWORK | |
| 12:30 | - | 1:30 p.m. | - | Lunch Join the speaker for lunch at America
Restaurant in Union Station. (see Menu with prices. Tax and tip will be paid by DAMA-NCR.) |
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| 1:30 | - | 4:30 p.m. | - | Fabian Pascal - Part II: DATA MUDDLING WITH XML |
Even a cursory inspection of information technology and management practice reveals that the majority of practitioners – be they novices, or experienced -- operate in “cookbook”, product-specific mode, without really knowing and understanding the fundamental concepts and methods underlying their practice, e.g. what data means, what is a data model, data independence, etc. This is not entirely their fault: the industry neither provides, nor requires an education in data fundamentals, which are ignored, distorted, or incorrectly dismissed in daily practice as “just theory”. The consequences are very costly: the IT industry operates like the fashion industry, because practitioners are unable to see through the “paradigms”, models, technologies and products (read: fads) proliferated by marketers, “experts” and the trade press. The problem is so acute that not only is technology not progressing, but also it actually undergoes regression to a discarded past.
The purpose of this two-part seminar is to provide a fundamentally correct way for evaluating data management technologies, practices and products, and to demonstrate its practical importance by applying it to the latest fad, XML.
Among the objectives:
Part I:
WHAT THE MEANING OF MEANING MEANS: A FUNDAMENTAL FRAMEWORK FOR DATA MANAGEMENT
1. Business And Logical Models
- Predicates
- True Propositions!
- Business Rules
- Integrity Constraints
2. Database Design
- Data Model
- Relational Data Model
3. What A Database Really Is
4. What A DBMS Really Is
5. A Fundamental Framework
- Data Model And Language
- Completeness
- Generality
- Formality
- Simplicity
6. Applying The Framework
Part II:
XML: THE EXCHANGE TAIL & THE MANAGEMENT DOG: DATA MUDDLING WITH XML
1. The Problem
2. The Argument
3. The XML Solution
4. XML Data Exchange
- The Claim
- Physical Format
- Performance
- Self-Describing
- Reality Check
5. XML Data Management
- Models, Models...
- Meaning?
- Reinventing The Wheel
- ... Nor Any Time To Think
- Back Up Into Trees
6. The Framework Applied
- Completeness
- Generality
- Formality
- Simplicity
- Data Independence
7. Conclusions
- Nails To A Hammer
- The Logical-Physical Confusion
- DX Tail & DM Dog
- Good Luck
- Round In Circles
- Too Much Rethinking
Who Should Attend: The seminar is aimed at anybody involved with data management, whether technical or not. Attendees are expected to have some data management background/involvement. The target audience includes (but is not limited to):
Text: Participants will receive a workbook containing the instructor’s slides. Early registrants will receive a copy of the instructor’s book, PRACTICAL ISSUES IN DATABASE MANAGEMENT.