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Creating an Initial Baseline

The improvements obtained by implementing the recommendations in this guide depend on several factors:

• The current DBMS characteristics of the encyclopedia
• The current procedures in place with respect to encyclopedia usage
• The specific characteristics of the models in the encyclopedia

Because of these factors, you should evaluate the performance of your encyclopedia before implementing the recommendations in this guide. To start with, create an initial baseline using statistics from a set of models and encyclopedia activities. Then, as you collect statistics after implementing an improvement technique, you can compare them with the baseline to determine the actual improvement.