meta data

[sweetleaf]

Hi,

My company is thinking of purchasing a meta data repository by CA - which based on demos looks great. However, we use Informatica and I know that Informatica also has a metadata repository. Does anyone know enough about both tools to give me an idea about how these 2 products compare?

Thanks

 

[blom0344]

In my view using INFA and not using the metadata repository seems an awfull waste. Question is what you intent to do with the metadata. Metadata itself is never a goal, it is produced by the likes of INFA itself. There are also native tools to examine the meta-data like 'superglue'.

Ties Blom
Information analyst

 

[sweetleaf]

Thanks for the reply Ties.

The primary goal would be to publish the following types of items for corporate viewing:

1-data models (conceptual, logical, physical)
2-source to target mappings
3-data element definitions
4-process maps
5-steward information
6-documentation
etc..

Since the bulk of the above items would involve scanning these items into the repository db I thought I'd ask since I don't know how Informatica's repository works. With CA these items are all publish-able in web format, provided they are scanned into the CA repository database.

Regards