CDM Myth 1: The CDM as just a means to achieve loose coupling

In modern IT, people are very busy doing systems integration and also, albeit a little less still, with canonical data models (CDM’s). The demands that customers, regulatory organizations and business partners impose on businesses nowadays cry for effective communication processes, internal as well as external, and a flexible IT.

A CDM can help you meet these demands. A critical condition for success, however, is an appropriate application of the concept of a CDM. This posting and some other ones that are yet to come argue that the concept is often misunderstood, thereby leaving a chance for inappropriate use. This posting is the first of a series of socalled CDM Myths, that means to offer insights into the world of canonical data modeling, and to contribute to a discussion about how to correctly apply a CDM.

CDM Myth 1: The CDM as just a means to achieve loose coupling
In this earlier posting I argued that I thought it unwise to limit the use of a CDM to only one application. I added a short list of some applications of a CDM that we have in mind. This early posting covers about everything that we call ´Myth 1´. Because I plan to write extensively about the applications of a CDM in the near future, I will leave this first myth to what was said in the earlier posting.