Unstructured business metadata manager
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1. A method of managing business metadata comprising:
- gathering business metadata;
defining business metadata words or phrases;
defining one or more associations for at least one of the business metadata words or phrases, wherein the one or more associations describe the business metadata word or phrase;
storing the business metadata words or phrases and associations in one or more tables of a database; and
displaying the business metadata words or phrases and associations to a user.
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Embodiments of the present invention include methods for collecting, organizing, storing and displaying business-oriented metadata. Business metadata is metadata that uses terms of business and is meaningful to the business person. Business Metadata Manager (BMM) is a software system that collects business metadata, organizes and categorizes it, stores it into a structure, such as tables of a database, and then allows business metadata to be displayed in response to a query from an analyst or end user.
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1. A method of managing business metadata comprising:
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gathering business metadata;
defining business metadata words or phrases;
defining one or more associations for at least one of the business metadata words or phrases, wherein the one or more associations describe the business metadata word or phrase;
storing the business metadata words or phrases and associations in one or more tables of a database; and
displaying the business metadata words or phrases and associations to a user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of managing business metadata comprising:
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defining a business metadata word or phrase;
defining one or more associations corresponding to the business metadata word or phrase, wherein the one or more associations describe the business metadata word or phrase; and
storing the business metadata word or phrase and the one or more associations. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of managing business metadata comprising:
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selecting one or more business metadata words or phrases;
storing the one or more business metadata words or phrases;
defining one or more associations corresponding to at least one of said one or more business metadata words or phrases, wherein a particular association describes a particular business metadata word or phrase;
storing the one or more associations;
accessing one or more business metadata words or phrases and corresponding one or more associations; and
displaying the accessed business metadata words or phrases and the corresponding one or more associations. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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