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A Daily Lexicon of Trustworthy Data

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bounded context

/ˈbaʊn.dɪd ˈkɒn.tɛkst/ - n.

1 [colloq.] The fence inside which customer means one thing, drawn precisely so the fight happens at the gate.Keep. Punchy.This is the problem.

Working definition

2. A boundary within which a particular domain model and its terms are defined and consistent, borrowed from domain-driven design.

Filed

See also

data domainA boundary three teams drew differently and one team enforces.
domain-oriented ownershipA diagram in which every box owns the data and every arrow owns the blame.
semantic layerThe place where the company agreed what 'revenue' means, except for the four teams that didn't get the invite.