Data management practice (DAMA)DAMA-DMBOK
One authoritative, governed location for each critical data element, so every team reads the same values and reconciliation wars end.
Bill InmonBuilding the Data Warehouse, 1992
The warehouse as the subject-oriented, integrated, time-variant, non-volatile foundation on which consistent enterprise truth is built.
The EclipseFrontiers® LensTwo versions of the truth equal zero versions of trust.