Lately I've been hearing a lot about common data models when it comes to SOA. As organizations attempt to figure out the data in the context of SOA they are driven many times to the notion of a ...

Data models are used to represent real-world entities, but often have limitations. Avoid common data modeling mistakes for data integrity.

Attempting to adapt to a common static structure is almost imposable…albeit it looks good on paper. The notion of conformity never works in the world of data, or the world of integration.