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Topic: Data Dictionary

Vital Stats

The Brain has inferred the following facts from reading text collected on the topic:

Most admires:

Che Guevara

Favorite possession(s):

Dictionary, Linux box

Bad point(s):

Lazy

Personality:

Philosophical

Dream job(s):

Webmaster

Favorite board game(s):

Scrabble

Favorite book(s):

World Almanac
"Beginning Visual Basic 6" by Peter Wright
"American Spelling Book" by Noah Webster

Interest(s):

Latin, French, German

Favorite online activity(s):

Building websites

Favorite destination(s):

Spain, Japan

Membership(s):

Free Software Foundation

Favorite quote(s):

"Black holes are where God divided by zero." - Steven Wright
"There are two ways of constructing a software design; one way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult." - C. A. R. Hoare

Expert Talk

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Steve Riggins,
Software Deveoper

Dictionaries are common in higher level and scripting languages such as Perl, Python, and Java, often as built-in data types.
Then we will use Microsoft Access and Excel with the new data dictionaries to retrieve and update PRO/5 data files on the Linux system via the BBj Data Server.
Simpledb is a Python module to provide a very simple database-like persistent data store, using Python dictionaries.

Bori Gonbutoren,
Reindeer Herder

OSIRIS DATA DICTIONARIES: OSIRIS dictionary files are stored in EBCDIC.

Dave Simons,
Internet Entrepeneur

A number of organizations and ad hoc initiatives are working to develop guidelines and tools for transforming EDI data dictionaries and messages into XML versions, but there is little consensus yet about the best technical approach.
The dictionaries are completely customizable and contain the core data needed for analyzing skill gaps, as well as succession planning, team building, and strategic training and recruiting.
IntelliSkill dictionaries are completely customizable and contain the core data you need for analyzing skill gaps, as well as succession planning, team building, and strategic training and recruiting.

Arthur Dawkins,
Astro-physicist

Texts on business data processing discuss the importance of data dictionaries, which prescribe the meanings of the individual records and fields in a data base.
Currency and standards are maintained through the efforts of working groups who have produced data dictionaries for the humanities and natural sciences.
We saw collecting some data on this issue as important background for our research into electronic dictionaries for Aboriginal languages.

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