Power of Data Contracts in Simplifying Data Complexity and tools to build data Contracts.
You’re probably all too familiar with the challenges of wrangling data. Let’s dive into how data contracts can help us tackle one of our biggest challenges: truly understanding our data to drive value from our engineering investments.
A data contract is a document that defines the structure, format, semantics, quality, and terms of use for exchanging data between a data provider and their consumers. A data contract is implemented by a data product’s output port or other data technologies. Data contracts can also be used for the input port to specify the expectations of data dependencies and verify given guarantees.
The Problem: Drowning in Data Without Understanding It
You’ve got your state-of-the-art systems pulling in heaps of data, storing it in those vast data lakes, ready for fetching and processing. It’s like having a gold mine! But wait, there’s a hitch — understanding this data at a granular level. Without this understanding, we face inconsistencies, data breaks, and the scary prospect of acting on incorrect insights. It’s like trying to navigate a dense forest without a map.
