[u-u] A U-U question possibly answered

[Ken Burtch]

It might also be worth noting that Cassandra works something like this.

Ken B.

On 2020-09-17 1:58 p.m., Ken Burtch wrote:
> Hello Folks,
>
> Yes, I have visited the Wikipedia Data Hub entry.  It is very
> questionable, having been written about the time MarkLogic released
> their Data Hub software.  It reads like an advertisement.
>
> I read a bit on the Snowplow analytics project, which is more about
> establishing a chain of ownership and defining how data is distributed. 
> I believe the company is doing something similar to this but, while the
> data hub may fit into Snowplow, it is not required.
>
> As I understand it, the System Architect defines a "data hub" as a place
> where a software service houses the information it needs to function. 
> Basically it is a web service on top of a database of one form or
> another.  Within the data hub, there are two types of data: the original
> data--the data produced by the software service, and also cached
> data--copies of data owned by other services--is also stored there.  The
> data hub destroys the cached data entries when its software service no
> longer requires it to fulfill its duties.  Other software services can
> also download data from another hub and store it in the cache section of
> their data hub.
>
> If tied into Snowplow, it would work along these lines.  When new data
> is stored (perhaps a new customer profile is made), it is broadcast to
> all services.  If any service has an interest, they could retrieve a
> copy of the the information and cache it locally in their data hub.
>
> The System Architect says this is in widespread use by many organizations.
>
> Ken B.
>
>
> On 2020-09-17 10:05 a.m., arocker at Vex.Net wrote:
>> >From a LinkedIn commentator: Chankey Pathak and 1 other commented on your
>> post
>>
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_hub
>>
>> After the inconclusive answer at the meeting, I posted it, with the above
>> response. The Wikipedia article contained enough details to be worth
>> reading.
>>
>>
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