Business Metadata in SAP BW

Hi Folks,
I am karthik ramanathan doing my project in SAP BW and my topic is
'Extraction of Business Metadata from SAP BW'.
I am new to this field and I would like to know what are the Business
Metadata needed & useful for the SAP customers. And know more about different
business metadata available for SAP Customers from SAP BW.
In other words what are the possible business metadata needed for SAP
Customers for the following BW objects - ODS, Reports,Querys, InfoObjects,
InfoCube, Infoset, Update Rules Routines, InfoPackages, PSA, Source Systems,
etc..
Thanx in Advance. All your suggesstions and answers are welcomed.
Warm Rgds
karthik.

Hi Karthik,
first of all welcome on board and good luck for this new experience as developer in SAP BW.
Are you talking about metadata concept or business content, so, you need to know which type of functional areas are covered by BW std objects ?
Business Content is a pre-configured set of role and task-relevant information models based on consistent metadata in the SAP BW.
Business Content provides selected roles within a company with the information they need to carry out their tasks.
This information model includes integral roles, workbooks, queries, InfoSources, InfoCubes, ODS objects, key figures, characteristics, update rules, and extractors for SAP R/3, mySAP.com Business Applications, and for other selection applications.
Business Content can be used in particular industries without being modified, it can be modified, meaning you can work with it to any degree of detail and serve as a template or an example for customer-defined Business Content.
If you need more details about metadata definition, take a look to http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/80/1a6197e07211d2acb80000e829fbfe/content.htm
However, always refer to help.sap.com->Documentation-> SAP NetWeaver->choose your release....
Hope it helps (and don't forget to assign some point by clickin on the yellow star!.....for details see /people/mark.finnern/blog/2004/08/10/spread-the-love ...)
Bye,
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