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necessary roles for reference and master data governance
(data steward, data owner, etc.).

Part Three presents the methods and techniques that an
IT department must master in order to deploy an MDM
system:

– Chapter 8, The Semantic Modeling Framework,
details the semantic modeling objectives, their foundations
and methods for a company to succeed at this modeling,
indispensable for MDM;

– Chapter 9 presents Semantic Modeling Procedures for
the construction of a sustainable and rich data model,
independent of an organization, capable of absorbing
evolutions and offering a foundation of the IS
transformation;

– Chapter 10, Logical Data Modeling, presents the
procedures for logical modeling applied to reference and
master data: loose coupling of data and derivation into the
storage techniques used by the MDM system;

– Chapter 11 presents procedures for Organization
Modeling, i.e. data approval processes (workflows) and use
cases as well as their derivation into the logical model;

– Chapter 12, Technical Integration of an MDM system,
details the technical integration of the repository with the
rest of the IT system. It gives reference points for decision-
making under the control of IT architects.