Data meshes in Fabric – a primer
A data mesh is a federated data architecture that emphasizes decentralizing data across business functions or domains such as marketing, sales, human resources, and more. It facilitates organizing and managing data in a logical way to facilitate the more targeted and efficient use and governance of the data across organizations. This provides more ownership to the producers of a given dataset by encouraging a shift away from the giant, monolithic enterprise-wide data architecture.
Important note
The term data mesh was coined by Zhamak Dehghani (https://martinfowler.com/articles/data-mesh-principles.html) and is founded on four principles: “domain-driven ownership of data”, “data as a product”, “self-serve data infrastructure platform”, and “federated governance”. A detailed discussion about data meshes is out of the scope of this chapter; however, you can learn more about it at https...
