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SchemaSpy is a Java-based tool (requires Java 5 or higher) that analyzes the metadata of a schema in a database and generates a visual representation of it in a browser-displayable format. It lets you click through the hierarchy of database tables via child and parent table relationships as represented by both HTML links and entity-relationship diagrams.

Document a database in a couple of clicks, from within SSMS

you can add further descriptions to your database objects if necessary.

QLDoc Sharp is an interactive tool designed to generate the SQL Server 2005/2008 documentation. It allows you to export documentation to CHM format (Microsoft Compiled HTML Help).It is also easy and interactive, which allows multiple database documentation. For more details, please refer to http://www.amitchaudhary.com/. Background Finding the answer to, "Is there any free tool for generating documentation from SQL 2005/2008". Using the Code After running the application, the initial UI looks like below: Three steps required to generate the documentation. Step # 1 In the top section, provide the details about the SQL Server. It includes: Source: Instance Name of the SQL Server 2005/2008  If want to connect with SQL authentication then: User Name: Name of the user whose credentials you want to use Password: Password of the user whose credentials you want to use In case, to connect with Windows authentication then, only check the checkbox   (Integrated Security) and your current Windows credentials would be used to connect with the specified SQL Server Instance. Step # 2 Choose the database name from the Database dropdown list, whose documentation you want to generate and then click on the Fetch button. Meanwhile you can choose/change the File Name of the CHM file which would be generated. And also if required, you then choose to export the metadata/documentation in the XML format too. Step # 3 Click on the Generate button. And locate the CHM file at the path specified. After making the selection the SQLDoc Sharp, the UI should look like: Screen Shots of the Documentation Generated Index

SQLDoc Sharp is an interactive tool designed to generate the SQL Server 2005/2008 documentation.

Microsoft Compiled HTML Help is a Microsoft proprietary online help format, consisting of a collection of HTML pages, an index and other navigation tools. The files are compressed and deployed in a binary format with the extension .CHM, for Compiled HTML. The format is often used for software documentation.

This article will help to choose a proper SQL XML Documentation format for the future and help to convert these comments into Microsoft Help formats with minimal resources.

Microsoft SandCastle Command Line Interface (CLI) Tool used for creating MSDN-style documentation from .NET assemblies and their associated XML comments files. CodePlex SandCastle Help File Builder Graphical User Interface (GUI) for Microsoft SandCastle. Also contains command line based tools to build a help file in an automated fashion.

In metadata, a data steward is a person that is responsible for maintaining a data element in a metadata registry. A data steward may share some responsibilities with a data custodian.

The Data Warehouse Lifecycle Toolkit, by Ralph Kimball et. el., Wiley, 1998, also briefly mentions the role of data steward in the context of data warehouse project management on page 70.

Common characteristics of a metadata registry A metadata registry typically has the following characteristics: Protected environment where only authorized individuals may make changes Stores data elements that include both semantics and representations Semantic areas of a metadata registry contain the meaning of a data element with precise definitions Representational areas of a metadata registry define how the data is represented in a specific format, such as in a database or a structured file format (e.g., XML)

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A metadata registry is a central location in an organization where metadata definitions are stored and maintained in a controlled method.

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Healthcare information technology is driven by terminology. Clinical Architecture is dedicated to overcoming terminology barriers wherever they exist with solutions that enable the efficient and semantically accurate exchange of actionable healthcare data.

Healthcare Provider Directory (HPD) - supports management of healthcare provider information, both individual and organizational, in a directory structure.

The logical data model includes the following entities: ■ Reference Entities ■ Lookup Entities ■ Base Entities ■ Derived Entities ■ Aggregate Entities

Data in the base entities support the derived and aggregate layers to facilitate Star and population, and act as a source for Data Mining for advanced analysis.

Data models are often used as an aid to communication between the business people defining the requirements for a computer system and the technical people defining the design in response to those requirements. They are used to show the data needed and created by business processes.

A data model explicitly determines the structure of data. Data models are specified in a data modeling notation, which is often graphical in form.[3]

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