by Irene Polikoff | Apr 27, 2022 | Blog, Data Fabric
In a previous article in this series, we pointed out that data fabric is not a single tool. Data fabric is a vision and associated architecture that recognizes and supports decentralized data operations. It is an architecture in which different software products work...
by Irene Polikoff | Apr 4, 2022 | Metadata Management, Blog, Data Fabric, Knowledge Graphs
Data fabric is a new architecture pattern that is growing in popularity. Interest in the data fabric architecture is high as evidenced by the number of people that signed up and attended our recent webinar on “How Metadata Management Must Evolve to Support Data...
by Irene Polikoff | Feb 22, 2022 | Blog, Data Fabric
Metadata and its use are at the heart of the data fabric. The metadata collected by the data fabric needs to be described using rich and comprehensive models. These models inform and power the process of activating metadata – using the metadata to derive new...
by Irene Polikoff | Feb 14, 2022 | Blog, Data Fabric, Knowledge Graphs
In the first blog post of this series, we have discussed how the data fabric is different from the previous, more traditional data integration architectures. The difference is in its fundamental reliance on metadata. We have identified the three components the data...
by Irene Polikoff | Feb 7, 2022 | Blog, Data Fabric
The main goal of creating an enterprise data fabric is not new. It is the ability to deliver the right data at the right time, in the right shape, and to the right data consumer, irrespective of how and where it is stored. Data fabric is the common “net” that...
by Irene Polikoff | Oct 28, 2020 | Blog, Data Fabric, Best Practices, Knowledge Graphs
In this post we will walk you through using GraphQL to read and write information captured in TopBraid EDG. A key capability in TopBraid EDG’s support of GraphQL is introspection – the ability to examine the type or properties of an object of interest at...