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Vol. I · No. 251
Mon · 8 Jun
A Daily Lexicon of Trustworthy Data
The Lexicon

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domain-oriented ownership

/dəˈmeɪn ˈɔːr.i.ɛn.tɪd ˈoʊ.nər.ʃɪp/ - n.

1 [colloq.] A diagram in which every box owns the data and every arrow owns the blame.Keep. Punchy.This is the problem.

Working definition

2. The principle that the business domain producing data owns its modeling, quality, and lifecycle rather than a central team.

Evidence
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See also
  • data contractA promise with a schema, signed by no one with the authority to keep it.
  • data domainA boundary three teams drew differently and one team enforces.
  • data meshA reorganization announced as an architecture.
  • federated governanceCentral authority for writing the policy, local authority for ignoring it.