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Set of metadata that contains definitions and representations of data elements
A data dictionary, or metadata repository, as defined in the IBM Dictionary of Computing, is a "centralized repository of information about data such as meaning, relationships to other data, origin, usage, and format". Oracle defines it as a collection of tables with metadata. The term can have one of several closely related meanings pertaining to databases and database management systems (DBMS):A document describing a database or collection of databases An integral component of a DBMS that is required to determine its structure A piece of middleware that extends or supplants the native data dictionary of a DBMS Wikipedia →
🧠Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Data dictionaryA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Accurate predictions on small data with a tabular foundation modelInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Federal implementation guideline for electronic data interchangeThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Simultaneous dictionary learning and denoising for seismic dataCited 209 times
- Go sideways: Database administrationA closely related topic
- Go sideways: DatabaseA closely related topic
đź“– Definitions
Noun A document or repository that describes the data and metadata within a system.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Simultaneous dictionary learning and denoising for seismic data
Adaptive Dictionary Learning for Blind Seismic Data Denoising
Implicit Data Structures for the Dictionary Problem
Range-data analysis guided by a junction dictionary
The Semantic Data Dictionary – An Approach for Describing and Annotating Data
Practical dictionary management for hardware data compression
Data Dictionary/Directories
Data dictionary approach to the maintenance of expert systems: The Knowledge Dictionary
🆕 Influential since 2022
Accurate predictions on small data with a tabular foundation model
Optimal selection of dictionary atoms for sparse dictionary learning of time-varying monitoring data in two-dimensional geotechnical problems
Data-driven learning: From Collins Cobuild Dictionary to ChatGPT
Efficient Denoising of Multidimensional GPR Data Based on Fast Dictionary Learning
DDLVis: Real-time Visual Query of Spatiotemporal Data Distribution via Density Dictionary Learning
đź“š Books worth reading
- 📕Federal implementation guideline for electronic data interchangeJean-Philippe Favreau, National Institute of Standards and Technology (U.S.). Electronic Commerce Acquisition Program Management Office · 1995
Dictionnaire d'informatiqueMichel Ginguay · 1971
The Computer Glossary - The Complete Illustrated Dictionary - Seventh Edition -Alan Freedman · 1981
The New Hacker's DictionaryEric S. Raymond, E RAYMOND · 1991
Dictionary of computingS. M. H. Collin, Simon Collin · 1988- 📕Federal Implementation Guideline for Electronic Data InterchangeJean-Philippe Favreau · 1995
Computational Hydraulics and HydrologyNicolas G. Adrien · 2003
Webster's new world computer dictionaryBryan Pfaffenberger · 1997
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