Lately I've been hearing a lot about common data models when it comes to SOA. As organizations attempt to figure out the data in the context of SOA they are driven many times to the notion of a ...

Sometimes, however, they add good ideas. Case in point is Jean-Jacques Dubray's post on InfoQ that addresses my post last week on the Common Data Model, and dealing with it within an SOA.

Understanding data is a prerequisite to gaining control of any enterprise. But understanding is only useful if that knowledge can be shared and transmitted. Effective data modeling should be a ...

Microsoft's CDM is the linchpin for the recently announced Open Data Initiative and likely even more Microsoft products in the future.

Microsoft has made a promised public preview of its Common Data Model (CDM) entity database available to testers. CDM is at the heart of the coming Microsoft Dynamics 365 bundle.

Data modeling is the framework that lets data analysis use data for decision-making. A combined approach is needed to maximize data insights.

MI-Common Data Model: Extending Observational Medical Outcomes Partnership-Common Data Model (OMOP-CDM) for Registering Medical Imaging Metadata and Subsequent Curation Processes. If you have the ...

Data modeling best practices give structure and direction to an organization's data. Read more about data modeling now.

These top data modeling tools and applications enable users to build conceptual and logical data models that deliver significant competitive advantage.

What is data modeling, and why does it break down? Fundamentally, data modeling involves arranging data in a structured way to improve accessibility and use for a range of applications and analyses.