Information As Product: Table Of Contents

Here is the TOC of my new book:

Table of Contents

 

INTRODUCTION 1

     ORGANIZATION OF THIS BOOK 3

     ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 6

     FEEDBACK 8

CHAPTER ONE: WHY INFORMATION PRODUCTION 10

CHAPTER TWO: DATA AND INFORMATION 19

CHAPTER THREE: THE INFORMATION PRODUCT 27

CHAPTER FOUR: THE INFORMATION CATALOG 39

     METADATA DESCRIBES A DISTINCT DATA RESOURCE. 46

    METADATA PROVIDES THE CONTEXT FOR A DATA ASSET. 47

    METADATA HELPS MANAGE A DATA ASSET’S LIFECYCLE. 49

    METADATA EXTENDS DATA FORMING INFORMATION PRODUCTS 50

    METADATA CATALOGS 52

CHAPTER FIVE: THE INFORMATION PRODUCTION PROCESS 58

    CASE STUDY 67

CHAPTER SIX: STRATEGIC INFORMATION DELIVERY 72

CONCLUSION 80

APPENDIX A. EFFECTIVE METADATA DESIGN 86

     METADATA DESIGN. 86

     IDENTIFICATION 87

     STATIC MEASUREMENT 87

     DYNAMIC MEASUREMENT 88

     DEGREE 89

     CATEGORIZATION 90

     RELATIONSHIPS 98

     COMMENTARY 99

     DESIGN METHODOLOGY 100

APPENDIX B THE EVOLUTION OF DATA 103

     DATA GETS SMART 109

     IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ENTERPRISE 112

     ONTOLOGIES 115

     THE HUMAN INTERFACE 118

GLOSSARY 123

INDEX 144

 

 

List of Figures

 

FIGURE 1 A PHYSICAL PRODUCT WITH PACKAGING AND LABELING 2

FIGURE 2 A WATT STEAM ENGINE IN MADRID 10

FIGURE 3 THE 4C’S OF AN INFORMATION PRODUCT 11

FIGURE 4 THE DIKW HIERARCHY 20

FIGURE 5 THE DATA OPTIMIZATION PYRAMID 24

FIGURE 6 A PHYSICAL PRODUCT ANALOGY 28

FIGURE 7 MARKETING SHIFTS FROM PRODUCER TO CONSUMER CENTRICITY 31

FIGURE 8 GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE “SLIDER” BUILT WITH THE MVC PATTERN 33

FIGURE 9 MODEL-VIEW-CONTROLLER PATTERN 34

FIGURE 10 GENERIC MODEL AND THREE VIEWS OF AN ORGANIZATION CHART 35

FIGURE 11 TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION OF AN INFORMATION PRODUCT 36

FIGURE 12 METADATA AS DESCRIPTION 40

FIGURE 13 MUSIC METADATA 41

FIGURE 14 A DOCUMENT SIGNING 42

FIGURE 15 NUCLEAR TEST BAN TREATY SIGNED IN FIGURE 14 43

FIGURE 16 METADATA CAPTURES ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN DATA 44

FIGURE 17 IEEE LEARNING OBJECT METADATA (LOM) 51

FIGURE 18 ANATOMY OF A PHYSICAL CARD CATALOG 52

FIGURE 19 SIMPLEST METADATA CATALOG IS A DATABASE OF UNIVERSAL ATTRIBUTES 54

FIGURE 20 METADATA CATALOGS IN THE INFORMATION PRODUCTION PROCESS 55

FIGURE 21 STRATEGIC INFORMATION DELIVERY 58

FIGURE 22 CHARACTERISTICS OF COIS 61

FIGURE 23 A MISMO STANDARD SMART DOC® STRUCTURE 68

FIGURE 24 THE AXES OF “RIGHTNESS” 73

FIGURE 25 THE 6W “RIGHTNESS” METHODOLOGY 74

FIGURE 26 POPULATION INTERSECTION 76

FIGURE 27 THE INFORMATION AS PRODUCT LANDSCAPE 82

FIGURE 28 PERSON CLASS (PARTIAL) 94

FIGURE 29 INSTANCE OF A PERSON CLASS 94

FIGURE 30 TRANSPORTATION CLASS HIERARCHY 95

FIGURE 31 A “PARTONOMY” FOR AN AUTOMOBILE CLASS 96

FIGURE 32 AN INSTANCEOF ASSOCIATION 97

FIGURE 33 DATA EVOLUTION TIMELINE 104

FIGURE 34 DEVELOPER’S PERSPECTIVE ON DATA 108

FIGURE 35 THE SMART DATA CONTINUUM 110

FIGURE 36 HUMAN RESOURCES ONTOLOGY 116

FIGURE 37 SEMANTIC WEB SERVICES 117

FIGURE 38 GRAPHICS FIDELITY EVOLUTION IN VIDEO GAMES 121

 

 

 

 

List of Tables

 

TABLE 1 DATA VERSUS INFORMATION VERSUS INFORMATION PRODUCTS 25

TABLE 2 PHONE CALL METADATA 47

TABLE 3 NAICS CODES (CATEGORIES) 48

TABLE 4 RIGHTNESS METHODOLOGY APPLIED TO INFORMATION, PERSON AND TIME 77

TABLE 5 METADATA DESCRIPTION TECHNIQUES 102