Data Mesh
The data mesh is an organisational and technical approach to data, conceptualised by Zhamak Dehghani in 2019, which proposes to decentralise data ownership by business domain rather than concentrating it in a central da…
The [data](/ressources/glossaire-de-la-tech/data-donnee) mesh is an organisational and technical approach to data, conceptualised by Zhamak Dehghani in 2019, which proposes to decentralise data ownership by business domain rather than concentrating it in a central data team.
Four principles: domain ownership (each business team owns its data), data treated as a product (data products with SLAs, documentation and an owner), a shared self-service platform, and federated governance based on contracts.
The data mesh is implemented through data contracts, a data catalogue (DataHub, OpenMetadata) and an internal data platform. Best suited to large multi-domain organisations; often overkill for smaller structures.