Editing Data model (section)

=== Data architecture ===
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Data architecture is the design of data for use in defining the target state and the subsequent planning needed to hit the target state. It is usually one of several [[architecture domain]]s that form the pillars of an [[enterprise architecture]] or [[solution architecture]].

A data architecture describes the data structures used by a business and/or its applications. There are descriptions of data in storage and data in motion; descriptions of data stores, data groups, and data items; and mappings of those data artifacts to data qualities, applications, locations, etc.

Essential to realizing the target state, Data architecture describes how data is processed, stored, and utilized in a given system. It provides criteria for data processing operations that make it possible to design data flows and also control the flow of data in the system.