{"id":9426,"date":"2021-07-26T07:57:23","date_gmt":"2021-07-26T12:57:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/?p=9426"},"modified":"2021-11-24T10:51:33","modified_gmt":"2021-11-24T15:51:33","slug":"federal-enterprise-architecture-framework-feaf-data-reference-model-drm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/federal-enterprise-architecture-framework-feaf-data-reference-model-drm\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework (FEAF): Data Reference Model (DRM)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Enterprise Architecture<\/a> (EA) conveys management best practices for positioning business and technology resources to fulfil strategic goals, enhance Organizational Performance<\/a>, and guide departments to achieve their core missions more successfully via Operational Excellence<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework (FEAF)<\/a> realizes this goal for U.S. Federal agencies and assists systems surpass interagency boundaries.\u00a0 FEAF facilitates through documentation and information, and conveys a summarized outlook of an enterprise at various tiers of scope and detail.<\/p>\n

The FEAF comprises of 6 interconnected Reference Models, linked through Consolidated Reference Model (CRM), each relating to a sub-architectural domain of the FEA framework<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Data Reference Model (DRM) is a FEA tool for ascertaining the data that the Federal government has and the process through which that data will be shared when business\/mission requirements occur.<\/p>\n

DRM is propounded as a theoretical framework from which actual implementations may be derived.<\/p>\n

DRM offers a uniform way to describe, categorize, manage, share, and reuse data\/information within and across the Federal government.\u00a0 DRM also enables detection and communication of core information across organizational boundaries.<\/p>\n

What DRM is not is static and invariable nor is it a data management manual for how to build and maintain data architectures.\u00a0 It is neither a pan-government conceptual data model nor an all-embracing \/ fully attributed logical data model.\u00a0 DRM is not supposed to be a comprehensive collection of XML schemas or a substitute of prevailing data structures within the agencies.<\/p>\n

DRM works in consonance with other reference models in various ways.\u00a0 For example, it identifies opportunities for strategic coordination through relationships among data sources by linking with Performance Reference Model (PRM) while improving business processes and decision-making performance through data sharing with Business Reference Model (BRM)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Data Reference Model<\/a> arrangement is demarcated by a 3 layered hierarchy.\u00a0 The 3-layer arrangement of the Data Reference Model delineates domains, subjects, and topics.<\/p>\n