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System
System
System
System
ESB
Semantic integration
Governance of data
mapping rules
Transactional data model
Ref/master data model
Shared ref/master
data model
MDM
Enterprise Data Architecture
Shared data foundation
Domains of business objects, data categories,
business objects, business objects' lifecycles
Enterprise
Architect
Data governance
Figure 12.5.
Semantic integration benefits
from the MDM approach
Semantic integration is a considerable lever effect to
transform semantic modeling as a return on investment. On
the condition of using a “semantic integration” software
solution
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capable of working with a rich data model, the
rationalization of data exchanges and the optimization of
ESB management are improved. At the same time that the
MDM approach, the company benefits, with no added
modeling cost, from an improved management of exchanges
between systems (Figure 12.5).
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. See Progress Software “DataXtend” at
http://web.progress.com/dataxtend/index.html
