EDM

An EDM is a kind of integration model that includes all of an enterprise’s data—well, most of it. Enterprise-wide conceptual, logical, or physical data models may be included in your enterprise architecture. An EDM is a representation of every data entity and relationship found in an organization’s whole data structure. It connects an organization’s technical and business understanding of its data and is used as a global view of all data. An organization’s strategic data requirements are outlined and standardized by an EDM. It provides a comprehensive and unified perspective of the data within the company to facilitate data governance, reporting, and strategic planning.

Consider a retail establishment as an illustration.

For this retail business, the EDM would comprise data on orders (order ID, order date, product ID, customer ID, quantity, and so on), customers (customer ID, customer name, contact information, and so on), and products ...