-is a subject-oriented, integrated, time-variant, nonvolatile collection of data in support of management's decision making process. -data grows, doesn't really change -logically centralized large database -powerful enterprise-wide querying applications
enterprise application -logically centralized large db--entities + attributes -physically centralized/distributed--servers + data  -powerful enterprise-wide querying applications
It is essential that proceedings against accused terrorists both be fair and appear fair to outside observers , he said .