Data architecture

What is data architecture?

A data architecture defines an organization’s logical and physical data assets. It describes a detailed description of all required information from single production sites to company management level. For each dataset the architecture specifies the purpose of data, its acquisition, means of processing and storage. The result is a data life cycle description covering why data is needed, where and when it is sourced, what is done with it, what is affected by it and why it is no longer needed up to how it is deleted.