What is Data Architecture?

Data architecture is the formal description, design, and governance of an organization’s data assets, data flows, and data-related standards that enable secure, consistent, and usable data across systems and business domains. Expanded Explanation 1. Technical Function and Core Characteristics Data architecture defines how data is collected, stored, integrated, processed, and accessed across an enterprise. It documents data models, data flows, integration patterns, metadata structures, and the

How widely is Data Architecture used?

29 organizations in our directory are tagged Data Architecture.

Data Architecture

Last updated August 24, 2026

Human View Machine View

This is the page you're already on — the Human View toggle above shows it in full.

A green key on the record, left, is one Decision Insights added. It doesn't exist on the company's site or in a wire feed. The same key labels its row on the right, so you can match them directly. More on how DI enriches a record.

The record

This is what the machine sees: the exact JSON-LD an agent receives for this listing.

WebSite

{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/#website",
  "@type": "WebSite",
  "name": "Decision Insights",
  "potentialAction": {
    "@type": "SearchAction",
    "target": {
      "@type": "EntryPoint",
      "urlTemplate": "https://decisioninsights.ai/search/?q={search_term_string}\u0026submit=1"
    }
  },
  "publisher": {
    "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/#organization"
  },
  "url": "https://decisioninsights.ai"
}

Organization

{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/#organization",
  "@type": "Organization",
  "contactPoint": {
    "@type": "ContactPoint",
    "contactType": "customer support",
    "email": "[email protected]"
  },
  "description": "Decision Insights is a Registry of technology companies, open source projects, and industry terms, built for people and for AI agents that need sourced, structured information.",
  "logo": {
    "@type": "ImageObject",
    "url": "https://wiretap-cdn-assets.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/decision-insights/[email protected]"
  },
  "name": "Decision Insights",
  "parentOrganization": {
    "@type": "Organization",
    "name": "Wiretap Labs",
    "sameAs": [
      "https://www.linkedin.com/company/wiretap-labs",
      "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/wiretap-labs"
    ],
    "url": "https://wiretaplabs.com"
  },
  "publishingPrinciples": "https://decisioninsights.ai/standards/",
  "sameAs": [
    "https://www.linkedin.com/company/decisioninsights"
  ],
  "url": "https://decisioninsights.ai"
}

BreadcrumbList

{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
  "itemListElement": [
    {
      "@type": "ListItem",
      "item": "https://decisioninsights.ai",
      "name": "Decision Insights",
      "position": 1
    },
    {
      "@type": "ListItem",
      "item": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/",
      "name": "Glossary",
      "position": 2
    },
    {
      "@type": "ListItem",
      "item": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/data-architecture/",
      "name": "Data Architecture",
      "position": 3
    }
  ]
}

DefinedTerm

{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/data-architecture/#definedterm",
  "@type": "DefinedTerm",
  "additionalProperty": [
    {
      "@type": "PropertyValue",
      "name": "Organizations tagged",
      "value": 29
    },
    {
      "@type": "PropertyValue",
      "name": "Organizations",
      "propertyID": "https://decisioninsights.ai/ns#taggedOrganizations",
      "value": [
        {
          "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/algemetric/#organization",
          "@type": "Organization",
          "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/algemetric/",
          "name": "Algemetric"
        },
        {
          "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/axatel/#organization",
          "@type": "Organization",
          "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/axatel/",
          "name": "Axatel"
        },
        {
          "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/cloudata/#organization",
          "@type": "Organization",
          "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/cloudata/",
          "name": "Cloudata"
        },
        {
          "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/cyberhill-partners/#organization",
          "@type": "Organization",
          "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/cyberhill-partners/",
          "name": "Cyberhill Partners"
        },
        {
          "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/dasarata/#organization",
          "@type": "Organization",
          "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/dasarata/",
          "name": "Dasarata"
        },
        {
          "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/davidson-data/#organization",
          "@type": "Organization",
          "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/davidson-data/",
          "name": "Davidson Data"
        },
        {
          "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/digerati/#organization",
          "@type": "Organization",
          "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/digerati/",
          "name": "Digerati"
        },
        {
          "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/dw-solutions/#organization",
          "@type": "Organization",
          "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/dw-solutions/",
          "name": "DW Solutions"
        },
        {
          "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/edge-alphix/#organization",
          "@type": "Organization",
          "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/edge-alphix/",
          "name": "Edge Alphix"
        },
        {
          "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/high-data-connection/#organization",
          "@type": "Organization",
          "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/high-data-connection/",
          "name": "High Data Connection"
        },
        {
          "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/ilik/#organization",
          "@type": "Organization",
          "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/ilik/",
          "name": "iLIK"
        },
        {
          "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/indotungkal/#organization",
          "@type": "Organization",
          "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/indotungkal/",
          "name": "Indotungkal"
        },
        {
          "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/ion-dados/#organization",
          "@type": "Organization",
          "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/ion-dados/",
          "name": "Ion Dados"
        },
        {
          "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/iq-group/#organization",
          "@type": "Organization",
          "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/iq-group/",
          "name": "iQ Group"
        },
        {
          "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/jubileedata/#organization",
          "@type": "Organization",
          "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/jubileedata/",
          "name": "JubileeData"
        },
        {
          "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/l-entcie/#organization",
          "@type": "Organization",
          "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/l-entcie/",
          "name": "L\u0026entcie"
        },
        {
          "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/lexxa-data/#organization",
          "@type": "Organization",
          "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/lexxa-data/",
          "name": "Lexxa Data"
        },
        {
          "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/n3-solu-es/#organization",
          "@type": "Organization",
          "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/n3-solu-es/",
          "name": "N3 Soluções"
        },
        {
          "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/navidata/#organization",
          "@type": "Organization",
          "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/navidata/",
          "name": "NaviData"
        },
        {
          "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/nometric/#organization",
          "@type": "Organization",
          "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/nometric/",
          "name": "Nometric"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "@type": "PropertyValue",
      "name": "Related terms",
      "valueReference": [
        {
          "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/data-governance/#definedterm",
          "@type": "DefinedTerm",
          "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/data-governance/",
          "name": "Data Governance"
        },
        {
          "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/data-management/#definedterm",
          "@type": "DefinedTerm",
          "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/data-management/",
          "name": "Data Management"
        },
        {
          "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/data-access-governance/#definedterm",
          "@type": "DefinedTerm",
          "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/data-access-governance/",
          "name": "Data Access Governance"
        },
        {
          "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/data-infrastructure/#definedterm",
          "@type": "DefinedTerm",
          "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/data-infrastructure/",
          "name": "Data Infrastructure"
        },
        {
          "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/data-governance-framework/#definedterm",
          "@type": "DefinedTerm",
          "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/data-governance-framework/",
          "name": "Data Governance Framework"
        },
        {
          "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/data-ontology/#definedterm",
          "@type": "DefinedTerm",
          "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/data-ontology/",
          "name": "Data Ontology"
        },
        {
          "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/data-modeling/#definedterm",
          "@type": "DefinedTerm",
          "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/data-modeling/",
          "name": "Data Modeling"
        },
        {
          "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/data-schema/#definedterm",
          "@type": "DefinedTerm",
          "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/data-schema/",
          "name": "Data Schema"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "description": "Data architecture is the formal description and governance of how an enterprise structures, stores, integrates, and manages data assets and flows. It matters because it enables consistent, secure, and governed data use across business domains, systems, analytics, and compliance programs.",
  "inDefinedTermSet": {
    "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/#termset",
    "@type": "DefinedTermSet",
    "url": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/"
  },
  "name": "Data Architecture",
  "url": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/data-architecture/"
}

CollectionPage

{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/data-architecture/",
  "@type": "CollectionPage",
  "dateModified": "2026-08-24T03:07:06Z",
  "description": "Data architecture is the formal description and governance of how an enterprise structures, stores, integrates, and manages data assets and flows. It matters because it enables consistent, secure, and governed data use across business domains, systems, analytics, and compliance programs.",
  "isPartOf": {
    "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/#website"
  },
  "mainEntity": {
    "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/data-architecture/#definedterm"
  },
  "name": "Data Architecture",
  "sdDatePublished": "2026-08-24",
  "sdPublisher": {
    "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/#organization"
  },
  "url": "https://decisioninsights.ai/term/data-architecture/"
}

What we add

Counted facts

A dictionary definition doesn't say how often a term is actually used. This counts it across the graph -- articles that mention it, open source projects tagged with it, and the organizations tagged with it, listed here alongside the count. A term has no peer companies, and nothing here claims otherwise.

Organizations tagged 29 Organizations Algemetric, Axatel, Cloudata, Cyberhill Partners, Dasarata, Davidson Data, Digerati, DW Solutions, Edge Alphix, High Data Connection, iLIK, Indotungkal, Ion Dados, iQ Group, JubileeData, L&entcie, Lexxa Data, N3 Soluções, NaviData, Nometric Related terms