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                         Step 1) Manage Reference Data. 
                        This Data can be maintained in a number of different formats.
			 It frequently starts out in a Spreadsheet, then it migrates to an Access Database and finally to SQL Server or 					Oracle to be published over the corporate Intranet.
			It can also start out in a Content Management System but sooner or later it will end up in a Database which functions as a Corporate Repository.  
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