14. The method of claim 11 , wherein loading system-specific meta data comprises scanning the databases and application systems.
14. The method of claim 11 , wherein loading system-specific meta data comprises scanning the databases and application systems. 15. The method of claim 14 , wherein scanning comprises scanning at least one of a DBMS catalog, a COBOL copybook, a system logical data model, a system physical data model, a data dictionary, ETL meta data, source code, a database, a file system, and a BI tool.