Database

A draft standard to enable the interchangeability of HR component products, using a plug and play operation. It is a blueprint for Human Resource software developers, and a framework for buyers and sellers of software products. It defines component classes and subclasses (according to HR business function and processes), object naming and database structure.

The process of viewing data from a summary level to a more detailed level. To drill down through a series of folders, for example, on a desktop means to go through the hierarchy of folders to find a specific file or to click through drop-down menus in a graphical user interface (GUI). To drill down through a database is to access information by starting with a general category and moving through the hierarchy of field to file to record.

Any singular, identifiable and separate object. The term is used in a number of programming languages/concepts, database management and systems design. In relation to a database, an entity is a single person, place, or thing about which data can be stored. In data modeling (a first step in the creation of a database), an entity is some unit of data that can be classified and have stated relationships to other entities.

Database(s), warehouse(s), and/or mart(s) in conjunction with reporting and analysis software optimized to support timely business decision-making.

The generic term to include all application software, operating systems, network communications and database management systems with an organization.