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MDM's governance model can manage who can see what so in the federated example, perhaps the Warehouse Management system only has access to data stored in the Distribution and CRM systems. but the Accounting System has access to all systems. When the Warehouse Division looks up the MDR for its customer the Acme Company it may get a different result than Accounting Division since the Accounting Division has access or scope to Acme Company's information on all systems.
Reviewing New Terms
Several terms have been introduced and it may be helpful to review them before moving on:
- Data Integration (DI) The process of transforming and transferring data from one system to another
- Adaptor Applications, modules or some software or hardware component that transforms data from one format to the other so that the data can be consumed by another system.
- Governance
- Data Domain (Domain)
- Master Data Management (MDM)
- Master Data Record (MDR)
- Centralized MDM
- Federated MDM
- Scope
Following material will go into these concepts in greater detail.