Structure, Semantics and Master Data Models by David Loshin.
From the post:
Looking back at some of my Informatica Perspectives posts over the past year or so, I reflected on some common themes about data management and data governance, especially in the context of master data management and particularly, master data models. As both the tools and the practices around MDM mature, we have seen some disillusionment in attempts to deploy an MDM solution, with our customers noting that they continue to hit bumps in the road in the technical implementation associated with both master data consolidation and then with publication of shared master data.
Almost every issue we see can be characterized into one of three buckets:
What do you think about David’s three buckets? Close? Far away?
David continued this line of postings:
Master Data Model Alternatives – Part 2 March 12, 2012.
Master Data Consolidation Versus Master Data Sharing: Modeling Matters! – Part 3 March 19, 2012.
Considerations for Multi-Domain Master Data Modeling – Part 4 March 26, 2012.