Oracle Enterprise Metadata Manager
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The Oracle Enterprise Metadata Manager (EMM) is a product of the Oracle Corporation that provides an
ISO/IEC 11179 The ISO/IEC 11179 Metadata Registry (MDR) standard is an international ISO/IEC standard for representing metadata for an organization in a metadata registry. It documents the standardization and registration of metadata to make data understandab ...
metadata registry A metadata registry is a central location in an organization where metadata definitions are stored and maintained in a controlled method. A metadata repository is the database where metadata is stored. The registry also adds relationships with r ...
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Strategic nature of a metadata registry

This product is significant because it is one of the first commercial products that includes a metadata registry in an application server. Registering metadata is one of the first steps in
metadata publishing Metadata publishing is the process of making metadata data elements available to external users, both people and machines using a formal review process and a commitment to change control processes. Metadata publishing is the foundation upon which a ...
which in turn is one of the foundational elements of the Semantic Web.


Oracle product editions

EMM currently runs on the following Oracle products # Oracle Enterprise Edition ## 8.1.7 ## 9i ### Release 1 ### Release 2 # Oracle 9iAS ## Version 1.0.2.2.2 EMM is being ported to Oracle 9iAS Release 2 and 10gAS{{Update after, 2011, 04, 13 .


See also

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ISO/IEC 11179 The ISO/IEC 11179 Metadata Registry (MDR) standard is an international ISO/IEC standard for representing metadata for an organization in a metadata registry. It documents the standardization and registration of metadata to make data understandab ...
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Metadata registry A metadata registry is a central location in an organization where metadata definitions are stored and maintained in a controlled method. A metadata repository is the database where metadata is stored. The registry also adds relationships with r ...
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Oracle metadata Oracle Database provides information about all of the tables, views, columns, and procedures in a database. This information about information is known as metadata. It is stored in two locations: data dictionary tables (accessed via built-in vie ...


External links

http://www.oracle.com/us/products/middleware/data-integration/enterprise-metadata-management/overview/index.html ISO/IEC 11179