MDM ....SOA?

[Former Member]

I understand SOA and I have read a lot of documents regarding SOA.

Have to explain it now but I need elements .Can someone explain me why MDM is SOA?

Thanks

[Former Member]

Hi, Stan,

MDM System with all of it's components (information system, staff, rules and procedures ) is a standalone component of Enterprise Information Architecture. It's mission is delivering high quality master data services to any interested party - information systems, users, business logic modules etc, thus it's <b>service-oriented</b>

Examples of services that Master Data Management System can offer are:

- access to master data

- search for master data

- changing master data

- creation of master data

- retrieving master data key mapping information

- replication of master data

Most of these services are available as Web Services in current release of SAP MDM

Regards,

Vadim

[Former Member]

Hi Stan,

if you do central MDM, MDM does become the leading source for Master Data. This way, in a SOA, you WebServices will call on MDM if they need master data info (like the invoice address, for example).

In a heterogenous system landscape, many system hold master data and use them for their own purposes. But MDM within SOA makes that unnecessary.

Hope this helps,

Christiane