OraFAQ Forum: General » Data Dictionary document

Home » Other » General » Data Dictionary document

Show: Today's Messages :: Polls :: Message Navigator
E-mail to friend

Data Dictionary document [message #136716]

Fri, 09 September 2005 12:17

sunanda01
Messages: 1
Registered: May 2005
Location: Denver

Junior Member

Hi,

I am trying to find a good sample document to use in building a Data Dictionary document.

Any ideas? Thank you much!
Sunanda

Report message to a moderator

Re: Data Dictionary document [message #137350 is a reply to message #136716]

Wed, 14 September 2005 15:21

Mahesh Rajendran
Messages: 10708
Registered: March 2002
Location: oracleDocoVille

Senior Member
Account Moderator

I am not sure what you are exactly looking into.
Data Dictionary is 'data about the data' or metadata.
An oracle data dictionary is itself a classic example.
Depending on the technology you are using the exact definition / usage / method may vary.

Defining meta-data.
The term meta-data is often defined as data about data. That is, data that provides information about the tables, views, constraints, stored procedures, etc. stored within the database. If we take a table as an example, the dictionary will store information such as:

* its name
* when it was created and when it was last accessed
* the names and data types of its attributes (i.e. structural information)
* its owner, who may read and write to it (i.e. security information)
* where the data is stored (i.e. physical information)

Report message to a moderator

Re: Data Dictionary document [message #137351 is a reply to message #136716]

Wed, 14 September 2005 15:24

Art Metzer
Messages: 2480
Registered: December 2002

Senior Member

Would a peek at the data dictionary views help?

Report message to a moderator

Previous Topic:	Tool for maintaining data
Next Topic:	Temporal Database implementation.

Goto Forum:

-=] Back to Top [=-

[ Syndicate this forum (XML) ] [

]

Current Time: Fri Aug 28 06:21:06 CDT 2026