Providing the foundation for enterprise applications passing, storing, and retrieving of data. The data architecture ensures that data elements, reflecting the enterprise’s functional and technical vocabulary, are organized into a standardized data dictionary that accommodates the breadth of activities performed. Organizations typically have a multitude of databases and store data repetitively throughout these systems. The data architecture evaluates the type of data stored to determine commonality, uniqueness, redundancy and efficiency. This assessment provides the foundation for an enterprise data architecture that supports the application development efforts and streamlines the design process.
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