Chapter 2.1

The End-State Architecture—The “World Map”

Abstract

End-state architecture is the ultimate destination of architecture as it evolves. The end-
state architecture encompasses the TOTALITY of data in the corporation—personal
data, textual data, big data, transaction data, and so forth. It is recognized that it is an
evolution that takes the organization into the end-state architecture. This evolution occurs
over time and occurs for many reasons, all of whom are interacting with each other over
time.

Keywords

End state architecture; Textual ETL; Data warehouse; Data vault; ODS; Data mart;
Archival; Bulk data warehouse; Data lake; Data pond; Landing zone; Metadata; Data
models

There is a data architecture to which corporations are evolving. That data architecture
can be called the “end state” data architecture or the “world map” of data.

Architectural Components

Fig. 2.1.1 depicts the “end state” data architecture.

Chapter 2.1: The End-State Architecture—The “World Map”