{"id":772,"date":"2025-11-05T02:16:56","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T07:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/34.133.94.6\/?p=772"},"modified":"2026-01-06T17:20:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T22:20:28","slug":"a-wish-list-for-data-modeling-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.data-principles.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/05\/a-wish-list-for-data-modeling-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"A Wish List for Data Modeling Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-orange-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e358becb889ef645eca72e62b736ffc4\"><em>By Pete Stiglich<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-43483263c7d9c7492ed4a3c3d0978404\">A practitioner\u2019s \u201cwish list\u201d for what modern data-modeling tools should do better: support collaboration, manage definitions and metadata as first\u2011class artifacts, and help teams handle change without breaking downstream consumers. The article emphasizes traceability (requirements \u2192 model \u2192 implementation), stronger versioning and impact analysis, and better support for enterprise standards such as naming, domains, and reusable patterns. 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