UDEF 1.0 Released

The Open Group, a consortium recently mentioned by Arnon in regards to an upcoming conference has announced the release of Version One of the Universal Data Element Framework (UDEF), a standard way of indexing enterprise information.

UDEF Version One contains the definitions that let organizations index many commonly-used information items. It simplifies information management through consistent classification and assignment of a global standard identifier to the data names and then relating them to similar data element concepts defined by other organizations. Although this approach is a small part of the overall picture, it is potentially an enabler of semantic interoperability.

According to the Open Group, application development continues to be costly because of the difficulty of organizing and accessing the large volumes of information stored by enterprises and utilized by applications. With the introduction of UDEF, enterprises can access and utilize a standardized framework to index information, allowing developers to find information sources more easily and reducing development costs. Because UDEF is a standard, the cost of interfacing with other enterprises that use the UDEF is reduced as well.

Posted by Jon Erickson at 10:15 AM  Permalink