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11.2.2. Synchronization of use cases with processes ... 238
11.2.3. The other processes ................... 239
11.3. Use cases ............................. 239
11.3.1. Documentation of use cases .............. 240
11.3.2. Elementary use case ................... 242
11.3.3. Extended use case .................... 243
11.4. Administrative objects .................... 243
11.5. The derivation of pragmatic models
to logical models ............................ 244
11.5.1. Use cases .......................... 244
11.5.2. Data approval process ................. 245
11.5.3. Administrative object .................. 245
11.5.4. Transaction ........................ 245

Chapter 12. Technical Integration
of an MDM system ........................... 247
12.1. Integration models ...................... 248
12.1.1. Weak coupling ....................... 250
12.1.2. Tight coupling ....................... 251
12.1.3. Loose coupling ....................... 252
12.1.4. Consequences of integration models ........ 253
12.2. Semantic integration ..................... 254
12.3. Data synchronization .................... 258
12.3.1. Business event ...................... 260
12.3.2. Organizational event .................. 260
12.3.3. Applicative event ..................... 260
12.4. Integration with the BRMS ................ 261
12.5. Classification of databases and
software development types .................... 263

Conclusion ................................ 267

Appendix. Semantic Modeling of Address .......... 271
A.1. The semantic model ...................... 272
A.2. Examples of screens generated by
Model-driven MDM ......................... 277
A.2.1. Postal Code Patterns ................... 277
A.2.2. Automatic calculation of postal code ......... 279
A.2.3. Address input ........................ 281
A.3. Semantic modeling and data quality ........... 282