Canonical Data Animation
Sometimes a picture can bring more clarity to a concept. For Canonical Data, an animation is what is called for. I found this animation of canonical data and its implementation. I think the first minute and a half paint a very good picture of how canonical data is implemented and can be leveraged. Later in the animation they start to describe a global vision of implementation. Unfortunately I must disagree with this vision. I don’t think that having a global canonical form of data will ever truly be a solution that works.
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
Like the exchange of data between Sellers and Suppliers, the exchange of data within the company is vital to successful processing of transactions. This could be the Seller or the Supplier, it doesn’t really matter. As data passes from the processing application, to the external interface. We have a concept that is called a Canonical form of data. Canonical data is the data that is required and essential to completing your business. I have written about this in passing before, but today I want to talk about what goes in it, and what it looks like. 