The data architecture is part of enterprise architecture, and provides an overview of the existing and required data in an organization.
The data architecture is determined by analyzing the information needs of an organization and is displayed using various models and techniques. For example, when describing the data architecture, the following "artefacts" are used:
Different viewpoints are possible in the data architecture: conceptual, logical and physical, where the physical level describes the actual implementation (eg in databases). Also see
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