Fundamentals of data element definition

  • Authors:
  • Robert M. Curtice;Paul E. Jones, Jr.

  • Affiliations:
  • Arthur D. Little, Inc., Cambridge, MA;Arthur D. Little, Inc., Cambridge, MA

  • Venue:
  • SIGMOD '81 Proceedings of the 1981 ACM SIGMOD international conference on Management of data
  • Year:
  • 1981

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Abstract

The expanding use of data management techniques and, especially, an increase in data dictionary usage reflects the growing importance placed on data as a resource. While most organizations now recognize the need to provide good definitions for their data, few achieve a high quality data definition program. One of the possible reasons is that guidelines for data element definition are scarce. This paper explores the nature of data elements and provides guidelines for their definition.