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Andrew's book: https://data-contracts.com/

Data contract standard project Bitol: https://lfaidata.foundation/projects/bitol/

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In this episode, guest host Jean-Georges Perrin, Data Innovation Consultant at ProfitOptics (guest of episode #130 and panelist in episode #227), facilitated a discussion with Amy Raygada, Senior Data Product Manager at Swiss Marketplace Group (guest of episode #165), and Andrew Jones, Principal Engineer and Author of the book on Data Contracts (guest of episode #29). As per usual, all guests were only reflecting their own views.

The topic for this panel was all about data contracts and how do we go about getting them in place. Much of it was about the general concept but some of it was specifically about how do we think about data contracts applying to data mesh. This was the first topic I really did a deep dive into in early 2022 and it has evolved but is definitely still evolving.

Scott note: As per usual, I share my takeaways rather than trying to reflect the nuance of the panelists' views individually.

Scott's Top Takeaways:

1. Data contracts are about trust and understanding. Trust that there is an owner and there are rules, there is a minder that knows this data matters. Trust that things...