Open Source Summit North America 2023

If you work with data, you've likely heard about data mesh. Done well, data mesh lets teams access, develop, and manage data autonomously. It also gives your data stewardship team an easier way to keep your data secure. But there’s a catch! Data mesh works only if you’ve done the hard work to create a data-driven culture and can automate that culture’s standards.  This lightning talk makes the case for designing data governance standards before implementing data mesh architecture. It explains how governance ensures that all data is formatted, standardized, and discovered against equal standards. These standards give everyone assurance that the data they use is controlled for quality, which is the backbone of successful data mesh.