Big Challenges in Data Modeling: Metadata Modeling 
Karen López 
@datachick
Karen Lopez 
InfoAdvisors.com 
@datachick 
Senior Project Manager & Architect 
Love Your Data
POLL: Who Are You? 
2014 - NoSQLNow! - D'Antoni / Lopez 
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What we will be doing 
Terminology, Foundations and Thoughts. 
What is Metadata and Metadata Modeling? 
Myths and Gotchas 
Q&A
What would you like to do?
Outcomes 
•Concepts 
•Features 
What 
•Existing Tech 
•New Tech 
•Hybrid 
Where 
•Evaluate 
•Pilot 
•Production 
When 
•Benefits 
•Trade-offs 
Why 
•Architects 
•Devs 
•DBAs 
Who 
•Modeling 
•Dev 
•Test 
How 
•Costs 
•Trade-offs 
How much 
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Terminology and Thoughts 
Because we need a vocabulary to share ideas
Compliance 
Metadata 
Data Lineage 
Metadata Extraction 
Repository 
Glossaries 
Regulatory 
Data format 
Meta-data 
Meta data 
Workflow 
Data Lifecycle
Metadata standards
What
Why
Who
How
Where
When 
Project Initiation 
Architecture and Infrastructure Design 
SW + Data Requirements 
Development 
Deployment
Myths
Q&A

Big Challenges in Data Modeling: Modeling Metadata