Type level modeling is (too) easy
Type level modeling can be easily done. Like any high-level concept map, everything written down can be compared to writing on a clean sheet of paper, or any empty blackboard: it’ll fit. There’s a Dutch saying, “Paper is patient,” meaning the paper will not protest or object to your writings.
Generic "Customer"
Almost every session I'm in, explaining the power of Fact Modeling, there are questions on how to deal with different departments having an entity called "Customer" while they all mean something else, or use a different identification for it. This little article will show a possible verbalization for this issue.
Temporal & Transitional Modeling
Temporal modeling is a hot topic in data warehouse and BI environments. The data vault approach or anchor modeling are an attempt to make those environments more manageable. From the information modeling perspective however, these are technical in nature. Though the information model could capture those technical requirements, it would be an information model with an implementation in mind, and not simply capture the business communication. We would be modeling the data warehouse implementation itself and not the way the business communicates about their data.
(A follow up article may be found here.)
GDPR by design
July 2018
With the recent rush for GDPR compliance, we wanted to show you how simple the extension of new data model requirements can be in CaseTalk. It's a simple two-step procedure to mark all elements sensitive to privacy violations as such. But first, the definition of GDPR:
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (EU) 2016/679 is a regulation in EU law on data protection and privacy for all individuals within the European Union (EU) and the European Economic Area (EEA). It also addresses the export of personal data outside the EU and EEA areas. The GDPR aims primarily to give control to citizens and residents over their personal data and to simplify the regulatory environment for international business by unifying the regulation within the EU.
Superseding the Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC, the regulation contains provisions and requirements pertaining to the processing of personally identifiable information of individuals (formally called data subjects in the GDPR) inside the European Union, and applies to all enterprises, regardless of location, that are doing business with the European Economic Area. Business processes that handle personal data must be built with data protection by design and by default, ... [source: wikipedia]
Wikipedia
Apr 2018
After having FCO-IM described on the English Wikipedia pages, we felt the need to also present this Dutch product on the Dutch Wikipedia pages. Please feel free to add your contributions to it.
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