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A Daily Lexicon of Trustworthy Data

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decentralization

/diːˌsɛn.trə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ - n.

1 [colloq.] The half of the pendulum currently swinging away from the slide that recommended the other half.Keep. Punchy.This is the problem.

Working definition

2. Distributing data ownership and decision authority to teams closer to the data, in place of a single central function.

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See also

centralizationWhat the last reorg was moving away from and the next one is named after.
data meshA reorganization announced as an architecture.
domain-oriented ownershipA diagram in which every box owns the data and every arrow owns the blame.
federationThe word for centralization once the central team admits it cannot make anyone do anything.