An Approach for Establishing Enterprise Data Standard0

Abstract

This chapter provides practical examples and categories for building a set of enterprise data standards. It describes techniques that work, and as importantly, do not work, when trying to build and implement enterprise data standards. In the strictest sense, standards should thoroughly describe procedures and outcomes for all the events in an organization. Enterprise data standards support the objectives of bringing consistency and integrity across the organization. The “Borrow Approach” is the simplest to define or implement, which involves borrowing data standards from vendors, other successful projects, or organizations such as the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) or International Standards Organization (ISO) that define industry standards. There is a third approach that involves combining the “borrow” and “create” approaches. In this instance, standards organizations such as ANSI or ISO can be used to provide a first cut at the data standards. These are then customized as discussed in the “create” approach.