Knowledge
Data Architecture Landscape
The open standards that power a modern data architecture, organised by what they describe. Inspired by the CNCF Landscape and the Deutschland Stack, and Simon's talk on open standards. Click any standard to learn more.
Definition — how data is described
API Interfaces
5
Data Products
4
Schema
5
Semantics
5
Storage — where data lives
File Formats
6
Open Table Formats
3
Storage Systems
2
Movement — how data flows between systems
Database Connectivity
3
Interconnection
2
Messaging
2
File Transfer
1
In-Memory Format
1
DataFrame API
3
Data Interchange
1
Discovery — how data is found and traced
Catalog APIs
4
Lineage
1
Operations — how data is queried, observed, governed
Query
1
Data Quality
3
Observability
2
Policies
1
Open standard
Highlighted by Entropy Data — the ones to bet on today
Emerging / draft
Missed a standard? Spotted something wrong?
This landscape is a living view — suggestions and corrections welcome.
Curated by Entropy Data, with contributions by Denis Arnaud, Stefan Negele, and Erik Wilde.