For the past several months I have been a bit distracted and I have not made this blog a priority. There are several reasons for that:
I got married (January 1st).
I doubled the number of children living in my house when I did so (we have 6 between the two of us) .
I got swamped by […]
Recently, a client approached me with a quandary. When designing XML schemas for Web services, how do you balance the desire to use industry standards such as UBL ( Universal Business Language) or CICA ( Context Inspired Component Architecture) to support data interoperability with the unique needs of particular domains and sub-systems within the enterprise? […]
In a previous post I blogged about the strong synergy between SOA and MDM. More recently, I explored the subject of service oriented data modeling (part 1 of this post) and how to resolve the inevitable conflicts that arise between your SOA view of data and your enterprise or MDM view of data. In this […]
Recently I have been engaged in two Master Data Management (MDM) initiatives within the context of a larger Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) adoption plan. In both cases, the client found themselves at an impasse regarding how to resolve conflicts between the master data model and the data model required for one or more SOA artifacts […]
Master Data Management (MDM) and Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) share common principles. The driving forces that lead organizations to adopt MDM and SOA are quite well aligned, resulting in a rather natural synergy. Consider the following principles:
Reusability
A primary driver of MDM is to allow applications to share data safely and avoid duplication.
SOA heavily promotes […]
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Kyle Gabhart is the Director of Emerging Technologies for Web Age Solutions, a leading provider of Custom IT Education and Mentoring. He has extensive experiencing in designing, aligning, developing, and managing Enterprise Architectures for organizations of all shapes and sizes. Kyle frequently writes and speaks for international audiences and occasionally people listen. |