[XML-DEV Mailing List Archive Home] [By Thread] [By Date] [Recent Entries] [Reply To This Message]

RE: Re: Major Historical SOA Milestone Today

• To: "'Chiusano Joseph'" <chiusano_joseph@b...>,"'Bullard, Claude L \(Len\)'" <len.bullard@i...>,<xml-dev@l...>
• Subject: RE: Re: Major Historical SOA Milestone Today
• From: "Michael Kay" <mike@s...>
• Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 20:33:51 +0100
• In-reply-to: <74B14CBC0FEB9D4EB16969F09FA51F45F88025@M...>
• Thread-index: AcZ0cNhxQ9ga8QTkS6a7Qc1vdrXqwwAk/8YQAANi2+AAAGddYAAFnOoQAAAwsjAAAHMgAAABA7Hw

> A data architecture 
> >also serves as a "blueprint" of the data that supports an 
> enterprise's 
> >mission.
> 
> Hmm.  Isn't that the ontology (the concepts plus the 
> relationships among the concepts that can then be instanced 
> as data)?  I'm not sure the distinction is there but ... 
> </Quote>

Ontology is only one small part of a data architecture. Other parts include
definition of ownership and stewardship responsibilities, privacy and
disclosure policies, backup, retention and disaster recovery policies,
identification of key data stores and data flows.

Which boils down to "who does what for whom", which boils down to services.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/

• References:
  • RE: Re: Major Historical SOA Milestone Today
    • From: "Chiusano Joseph" <chiusano_joseph@b...>

• Prev by Date: RE: Re: Major Historical SOA Milestone Today
• Next by Date: RE: Re: Major Historical SOA Milestone Today
• Previous by thread: RE: Re: Major Historical SOA Milestone Today
• Next by thread: RE: Re: Major Historical SOA Milestone Today
• Index(es):
  • Date
  • Thread