multiple relationships from a common origin to a single table. Metadata information that provides meaning and context to the business data of – the organization. Repository the CA Repository, a software application designed to store, organize – and make available electronically FDOT’s enterprise metadata. Repository Glossary A list of business terms, words and phrases, with their – abbreviations stored in the Repository. Webstation Option A Web interface to the Repository. This will allow access to – FDOT enterprise metadata related to tables, columns, data elements, the glossary, and other information. Background This procedure was developed to document the naming conventions used to construct names for Repository Elements, Entity Attributes and Table Columns. Procedure Business Name For the purposes of this document an attribute name and a business name are the same. Naming Rules Order of terms from left to right: Prime business term for the object being referenced. A noun. Qualifier or modifier terms usually adjectives or other nouns that – qualify the context of the prime business term. term - the domain category to which a data element belongs, for example, for the data element Contract Letting Date, date will be the class term. Terms in a name should be limited to nouns and adjectives. These identify things and satisfy a primary concern of data modeling which is to answer the is it?” and does it look like?” questions. Verbs and “What “What
multiple relationships from a common origin to a single table. Metadata – information that provides meaning and context to the business data of the organization. Repository – the CA Repository, a software application designed to store, organize and make available electronically FDOT’s enterprise metadata. Repository Glossary – A list of business terms, words and phrases, with their abbreviations stored in the Repository. Webstation Option – A Web interface to the Repository. This will allow access to FDOT enterprise metadata related to tables, columns, data elements, the glossary, and other information. Background This procedure was developed to document the naming conventions used to construct names for Repository Elements, Entity Attributes and Table Columns. Procedure Business Name For the purposes of this document an attribute name and a business name are the same. Naming Rules Order of terms from left to right: Prime business term for the object being referenced. A noun. Qualifier or modifier terms – usually adjectives or other nouns that qualify the context of the prime business term. term - the domain category to which a data element belongs, for example, for the data element Contract Letting Date, date will be the class term. Terms in a name should be limited to nouns and adjectives. These identify things and satisfy a primary concern of data modeling which is to answer the “What is it?” and “What does it look like?” questions. Verbs and