ISO 8000-102:2009(E)

11 Terms relating to master data

11.1
master data

data held by an organization that describes the entities that are both independent and fundamental for that organization, and that it needs to reference in order to perform its transactions

NOTE 1 Master data typically includes records that describe customers, products, employees, materials, suppliers, services, shareholders, facilities, equipment, and rules and regulations.

NOTE 2 The determination of what is considered master data depends on the viewpoint of the organization.

NOTE 3 The term "entity" is used in the general sense, not as used in information modelling.

EXAMPLE A credit card transaction is related to two entities that are represented by master data. The first is the issuing bank’s credit card account that is identified by the credit card number, where the master data contains information required by the issuing bank about that specific account. The second is the accepting bank’s merchant account that is identified by the merchant number, where the master data contains information required by the accepting bank about that specific merchant.

11.2
master data message

message used to exchange master data between organizations

NOTE There are many forms that a message can take. Some examples are:


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