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Title: Naming Conventions and Semantic Consistency

Author: Loshin, David Article Type: Product Analysis
Source: DM Review, v14 n12 p30(2) Publication Date: Dec 2004
  ISSN: 1067-3717
URL of Publication: http://www.dmreview.com

A case is made for the value of naming conventions and semantic consistency as part of knowledge integrity in the enterprise. For instance, without naming conventions, workers in a single organization may name customer account number fields in at least eight spellings (such as ACCT, ACCT_NUM, ACCOUNT, ACCT_NBR, and so on). A naming convention should emphasize simplicity and descriptiveness. With a good naming convention and a well-conceived set of abstract data type definitions that are managed as metadata, new data objects can easily be defined. Another advantage is conveyance of semantic meaning to existing named objects. A well-built convention will make naming uniform across platforms, which will work effectively for business specifications, logical models, and eXtensible Markup Language (XML) namespaces. When a good naming convention is engineered with correct application tools, automated generation of XML schemas can be done seamlessly according to logical specifications. Establishment of a team that holds meetings for the purpose of defining a naming convention is a crucial first step in development of a metadata strategy.

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