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'AUTHOR- Gadfine,'A an H. Ed. TITLE Base Directions: InformationResource Management Strategies and Tools. Proceedingsof the Workshop of the NationallBureau of Standardsand the Association for Computing Machinery (Ft.Lauderdale, Florida, October 20-22, 1980). -"INSTITUTION Association for Computing Machinery,New York, N.Y.; National Bureau of Standards (DOC),Washington, D.C. Inst. for Computer Sciences and Technology. REPORT NO NBS-SP-500-92

PUB DATE . Sep 82 NOTE AVAILABLE FROHSuPerintendent of Documents,.U.S. Gover'nment Printing Office, Washington, DC20402(198,2 -360- 997/2238., $6.50). PUB TYPE Collected Works)- ConferenceProceedings (021) Viewpoints (120)

i. ;.EDRS' PRICE MP01/PC08 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *; *Data Processing; InformationNeeds; *Information Services; *Management Information Systems; Needs Assessment; Organizational Communication; Policy Formation; Program Development --IDENTIFIERS Design; *Data Dictionary Systems;Data Management; *information Resource Management

ABSTRACT - I This. workshop investigated howmanagers can evaluate, select,and effectively use informationresource management (IRM) tooli, especially data dictionarysystems (DDS). An executive summary, which provides a definition of IRMas developed by workshop particiPants,precedes the keynote address,"Data-: The Raw Material of a Paper Factory," by John A. Gosden.The reports from four working panels which followcover: (1) the uses of aninformationresource dictionary system (IRDS), witha discussion of organizational information systems -and databaseperspectives; as well as tables-- illustrating how the-IRDS is used invarious system life cycle (SLC) phases and the relationships betweenIRDS functions and 'its users /uses ;'(2) IRM policies and4controls,'witha sample strategic system architecture plan and discussions ofIRM policies applicable across all SLC phaseS and other policies for specificphases; (3) logical , with discussionsof user requirements analysis, information modeling, theinterface between logical and physical design, and the role of pm inthe management of data, as. . well as an 84-item bibliography;and (4): physical database design, with -a discussion of six SLC phases, including the user requirements . analysis, physical design, -implementation,operations, evolution, and end game phases. A. list of workshopparticipants and their organizational affiliations concludes thereport. (ESR) bEPAATUTENT OE EDUCATION. NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER(ERIC) 4. This document has been reproduced as Computer Science, received from ,the person or sarganizatiom originating it. C'.. Minor changes have been made to improve and Technology. reproduction Quality.

. W Points of or opinions stated in this docu- ment do not necessarily represent official NIE 'position or policy. NBS Special Publication 500-92, Data pase Directions Informabon Resource Management Strategies and Tools

Proceedings' of the Workshop of the 'National Bureau of `Standards and the Association for Computing Machinery, held Oct. 20- 22,,1980, at Fort Lauderdale,

s Alan H. Goldfine, Editor

Center for Programming Science and Technol9gy InOtute for Computer Sciences and Technology Natiqrtal Bureau of Standards Washington, DC 20234

Major Contributors: Mayford L.. Roark,, General Chairperson; Henry C.Lefkovits, John K. Lyon, Shamkant B. Navathe, and Anthony J. Winkler

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