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August 20, 2006
8 Truths About Standardization (Especially for Data and ETL)
The ongoing debate about the planetary status of Pluto is a really great example of how the standards-making process really works. Like most debates, everyone involved is supposed to be rational, thinking adults. The most rational, thinking people on earth: scientists.
This planetary debate is highly charged, personal, emotional, contradictory at times, and ended with a solution that defies logic and mollifies more than it satisfies. Of course, this reminds me of the times I have been sitting in a room trying to decide on standard ways to do or classify things. For the most part, this has been as a technologist (around data, ETL and architecture), but also as a member of a business and as a leader in a non-profit organization ...
You can read about the 8 truths and more at architected.info
Posted by Morgan Goeller at August 20, 2006 1:30 PM
