Where to apply data contracts
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Data contracts can be applied in various places, but they’re most useful at the boundaries of ownership.
Data Contracts
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2024
Data contracts shouldn't focus on enforcement
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It’s easy to see data contracts as something to enforce on your data producers.
Data contracts set the expectations
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Data contracts set the expectations for the data.
Data contracts and data mesh panel
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I had a great panel discussion with Amy Raygada and facilitated by Jean-Georges Perrin for Data Mesh Radio.
Trust starts at the source
As I wrote yesterday, many data professionals don’t trust the data they are building on.
2023
Data contracts panel discussion - recording available
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Earlier this week I was on a panel organised by Data Council and Soda titled “Data Contracts: The Next Frontier”.
Data contracts for 3rd party data
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Mostly when I talk about data contracts I’m talking about applying them to data generated within our organisations.
APIs vs Data contracts
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APIs and data contracts have a lot in common, and APIs were part of the inspiration behind data contracts when I was coming up with the idea a few years back.
Infering rather than defining
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In yesterday’s note I wrote about the problem with defaults.
Agility vs stability
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