Data Architecture Diagram



Definition

A data architecture diagram is a midlevel architecture diagram work product that primarily documents an application in terms of its the major data components (databases, files), its major data-manipulation software components, and the dataflows between them.

Objectives

The typical objectives of a data architecture diagram is to:

Benefits

The typical benefits of a data architecture diagram are to:

Contents

The typical contents of a data architecture diagram are:

Stakeholders

The typical stakeholders of a data architecture diagram are:

Phases

Preconditions

Data architecture diagrams can typially be started if the following preconditions hold:

Inputs

The typical inputs to a data architecture diagram include:

Guidelines

Conventions

Data architecture diagrams are typically constrained by the following conventions:

Examples