Mike Chapple is associate teaching professor of IT, analytics and operations at the University of Notre Dame. The emergence of business intelligence and data warehousing initiatives has placed ...

This page provides key terms and definitions used in standardized data reporting and analysis at UAB. Whether you're using the Common Data Set, needing to understand IPEDS terminology, or exploring ...

This blog is about an industry area that has come to be called “Big Data.” The excitement around Big Data is huge; the mere fact that the term is capitalized implies a lot of respect. A number of ...

Yesterday I got an email from UC Berkeley’s Master of Information and Data Science program, asking me to respond to a survey of data science thought leaders, asking the question “What is big data”? I ...

In writing a definition for an entity, an attribute, or any other element within a database design, the desired end is a descriptive text that is clear, factual and concise. Semantics are an ambiguous ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Accredited Standards Committee X9 Inc. (X9) is creating a new public forum to address issues related to disparate financial data terms, in order to effect greater ...

Socrates is noted as saying, “The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.” This premise should dominate how mission-oriented organizations communicate with the rest of the world, but it’s ...