Authors: Mark L. Gillenson
Tags: 1985, conceptual modeling
The fieid of data administration originated as an adjunct to ttie expanding use of database management systems. Witti the increasing amount of data that data processing personnei are faced with managing, and the reaiization that data is an important corporate resource, the concept of data administration has continued to evoive and change. At severai points in time over the iast few years fieid surveys have been conducted to determine the state of practice of the data administration function. Using data derived from those surveys (and emphasizing the two which were conducted by this author) as weii as empiricai evidence, this articie traces the development of the concept of data administration, concentrating on the period from 1981 to 1985Read the full paper here: https://misq.org/
