[Sigia-l] Serious Discussion of IA Research?

[Dwayne King]

On Nov 29, 2004, at 9:38 PM, Listera wrote:
>
> Raw 'data' accumulated in enterprise coffers is fungible; you can 
> slice and
> dice it pretty much anyway you want, *if* you create your own (virtual)
> APIs, that can translate it back and forth.
>
I understand what you're saying and on some levels I agree. But, 
several times on this list I've seen people write that I have to get 
the data this way or that way due to database limitations. I've found 
most DBA's to be pretty receptive to input, it seems that most times 
they are normalizing data to an arbitrary degree because they seldom 
have access to people that can relay the eventual uses of the data in a 
rational and intelligent way. In most cases I've found that they view 
marketers and business people as outsiders while they consider us 
someone that's on the same boat with them.

Should IAs become DBAs? No. Should IAs understand the fundamentals of 
data structure/normalization and be able to talk with the DBA  in 
terminology they understand and can appreciate? I think so.

My Thought,
Dwayne
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