In my last post, I shared some thoughts about challenges associated with the lack of management for reference data, such as reinterpretation of semantics and the inconsistencies that crop up when multiple copies are used. All of the challenges I mentioned are indications of a need for improving the enterprisewide
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The value of reference data governance
The hidden challenges of reference data
I sometimes refer to reference data as a “celebrity orphan” within an organization because reference data sets are touched by many business processes and applications, yet remain largely unowned and unmanaged. Few organizations have a truly formal methods for management and authority for reference data. This poses a conundrum: a

What is reference data?
David Loshin defines reference data and sets up a working definition for his next set of posts.