On 6/18/07, Jones, Virginia <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> I had several folks contact me off-list about my request.  The consensus
> was that Hugh was referring to the new Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
> index production requirements.  If so, it explains why I am confused.
> Data mapping does not generate an index.  Data mapping is a method of
> making logical connections between two electronic entities. For example
> it can be used to map data from one system to another.  We use data
> mapping to allow data from one server to interact with data from another
> server by pointing or "mapping" the user's access to specific files on
> each different server.



I think what's happened here is that certain entities have chosen to reuse
the term "data mapping", similar to the decision to reuse the term
"lifecycle management" to suit their intended purposes and needs.

The text in the FRCP and subsequent procedures being suggested by others to
address those requirements discuss the need for a "data map" to be developed
which describes what data exists and where it is.  I guess it could be
called a map, a key, a legend,  or some other such term... but they must
have though "dat map" sounded right.

Larry

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Larry Medina
Danville, CA
RIM Professional since 1972

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