The ―cloud‖ in the diagram represents the shared secure network.
Shareable Data represents a repository that holds data assets that are to be made ―shareable‖ between agencies. Metadata Registry represents a data store that contains description of all data assets that are in Shareable Data. The group of services that enable service oriented access and update of data assets in Shareable Data is represented by Shared DaaS Services. The Data Asset Registry and Discovery Interface represents the interface to register and search data assets in Shareable Data. Enterprise Data Warehouse represents a consolidated warehouse to enable report generation for decision making by Legislature and state agencies. The Partner Interfaces
in the Trading Partner Network would facilitate state agencies interface with trading partners such as federal agencies.
The recommended strategy for the State of California is to implement a secure shared network that facilitates data sharing, data integration, and warehouse consolidation. To facilitate discovery of the State‘s data assets a metadata repository will be provided as a service. Since the agency survey conducted revealed that multiple copies of similar data exist and are being maintained within and across agencies, an effective strategy is predicated on
harmonization
of Shareable Data. Harmonization is the act of consolidating data from different sources according to the business rules that are established to enable a single, secure, validated, cleaned set of data. Harmonization
