Writers' First Review Draft: (2V8V)
Term (2VFL)
Data Object (2VFM)
Origin/Source for Inclusion of the Term (2VFN)
Data Reference Model http://colab.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?DataReferenceModel_09_2004/TheGlossary_DRM_VolIv1 (2VFO)
OMB Context Definition (2VFP)
Reference/URL OMB Context Definition (2VFQ)
Business Definition (2VFR)
A piece of information. (2VFS)
Reference/URL for Business Definition (2VFT)
Original definition developed by Mark Cushman, Director, Intervise, Inc., mcushman@intervise.com, 240-417-8819, created on June 20, 2005. (2VFU)
Technical Definition (2VFV)
(1) Basic definition of the data element. (2) A set of ideas, abstractions, or things that can be identified with explicit business meaning, and whose properties and behavior follow the same rules (2VFW)
Reference/URL Technical Definition (2VFX)
(1) http://colab.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?DataReferenceModel_09_2004/TheGlossary_DRM_VolIv1#nid2K8J (see also: http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/egov/documents/fea-drm1.PDF , accessed on June 20, 2005.) (2) http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/egov/documents/fea-drm1.PDF, accessed on June 20, 2005. (2VFY)
Context Definition 1 (2VFZ)
A data object is that portion of a data product that contains the actual data that is described in a data object definition within a data set. (2VG0)
Reference/URL Context Definition 1 (2VG1)
pds.jpl.nasa.gov/documents/dpw/appc.html , accessed on June 20, 2005. (2VG2)
Context Definition 2 (2VG3)
Anything that exists in storage and on which operations can be performed. Examples include files, programs, and arrays. (2VG4)
Reference/URL for Context Definition 2 (2VG5)
www.lnf.infn.it/computing/doc/aixcxx/html/glossary/d.htm , accessed on June 20, 2005. (2VG6)
Context Definition 3 (2VG7)
A datum of intrinsic or derived type or an array of such data. It may be a literal constant, a named data object, a target of a pointer, or it may be a sub-object. (2VG8)
Reference/URL for Context Definition 3 (2VG9)
www.hpc.nw.ru/ENG/COURSES/fortgloss.html , accessed on June 20, 2005. (2VGA)
Context Definition 4 (2VGB)
Reviewer Comment: Distinct pieces of information, usually formatted in a special way. It can exist in a variety of forms -- as numbers or text on pieces of paper, as bits and bytes stored in electronic memory, or as facts stored in a person's mind. (2VGC)
Reference/URL for Context Definition 4 (2VGD)
http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/d/data.html, accessed on July 20, 2005. (2VGE)
See Also Related Terms (2VGF)