Resources
Guides to data products.
Plain-spoken articles on data products, the FLUID standard and what it takes to make enterprise data agent-ready.
- Foundations
What Is a Data Product? A Practical Definition
A data product is data treated as a product — owned, contracted, documented and built to be consumed. Here is a practical definition, and what separates it from an ordinary dataset.
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Data Products vs. Data Mesh: How They Fit Together
Data mesh is the operating model; a data product is the unit of delivery. Here is how the two relate — and why you can adopt data products without a full mesh.
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How to Make Your Data Agent-Ready
Agent-ready data is data an autonomous AI agent can discover, interpret and trust without a human in the loop. Here is what that takes — and a five-step path to get there.
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FLUID vs. ODCS vs. ODPS: Data Product Specs Compared
ODCS, ODPS and FLUID all describe data products — at different layers. Here is what each one does, how they overlap, and why they are complementary rather than competing.
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