* The core of this book provides a complete set of models that will support most of the organization's core business functions, including universal meta models for enterprise-wide systems, business meta data and data management, portfolio management, business rules, and XML, messaging, and transactions * Developers can directly adapt these models for their own businesses, saving countless hours of development time * Building effective meta data repositories complicated and time consuming, and few IT departments have the necessary expertise to do it right-and that is why this book is sure to find a ready audience * Beginning with a brief overview of the Meta Data Repository Environment and business use meta data, then goes on to describe the technical architecture followed by a detailed model