Data producers need to know why
·1 min
It’s all very well saying, as I did yesterday, that data producers need to do more to provide us better quality data the data we need to solve our problems.
Data Contracts
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Data producers set the expectations
·1 min
For a data consumer to know if the data is applicable to their use case, they need to know what to expect from the data.
Active pulling and pushing of data
·2 mins
I wrote a few weeks ago about the difference between active vs passive data publishing, and how the active publishing of data leads to better outcomes for your organisation.
You broke our data, so your PRs now need our signoff
·1 min
“You broke our data, so your PRs now need our signoff.
Data products and data contracts
·1 min
Data contracts underpin data products.
Active vs passive data publishing
·2 mins
Passive data publishing is the norm in most organisations.
Data contracts are the source of truth
·1 min
As mentioned yesterday, data contracts are best stored with the code that generates the data.
Data contracts should be stored with the data generation
·1 min
Data contracts should be stored as close as possible to the place the data is generated.
How to version data contracts
·2 mins
How, exactly, should you version data contracts?
Who buys data contract tooling?
·1 min
Data contracts are often considered as a solution to improve the change management and quality of an organisations data.
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