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- 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 Managing who accesses certain data sets based on role, application, etc.
- Data Domain (Domain) A set of fields or properties that define a set of data (i.e. "Customer").
- Master Data Management (MDM) An approach to reducing data redundancy across systems by maintaining a master file for critical data.
- Master Data Record (MDR) The latest version of a record (for a customer, for example).
- Centralized MDM An MDM solution whereby the latest change to a record is saved centrally (in the YOUnite MDM domain). From http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/articles/soa/ind-soa-mdm-2090170.html: MDM with a central database or central business applications.
- Federated MDM An MDM solution whereby the latest change to a record is noted in one of the organization's systems without actually storing the data centrally (in the YOUnite MDM domain). From http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/articles/soa/ind-soa-mdm-2090170.html: MDM with distributed data and a central directory.
- Scope The defined access limit to MDM data for any given system, application, or role.
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Further Reading
An excellent source for more MDM background is Mark Allen and Cervo Dalton's Multi-domain Master Data Management: Advanced MDM and Data Governance in Practice. Waltham, MA: Morgan Kaufmann, 2015. (ISBM 978-0-12-800835-5).
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