I know you're asking Kirstan but thought I'd chime in.... Since SOA is a style of architecture, and not an architecture itself, MDM is more appropriately "a part of" the architecture to which you're applying SO. Thus, if you're doing an EA the EA might include MDM principles as well as SO principles.
SO principles state that services have separately standing interfaces. SO principles are effectively mum on the characteristics of those interfaces. Having a consistent data model across interfaces is driven by other principles, not by SO principles. -Rob --- In [email protected], "htshozawa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Kirstan, before this thread ends, would appreciate if you can tell me > your thoughts on MDM. Is MDM part of SOA? > > Is SOA more of data modeling in the business logic layer rather than > the physical data layer? We use something like MDM to have consistent > data across physical data while we use something like > registry/repository to have consistent data model in the business > logic layer (i.e. interfaces). > > H.Ozawa >
