COA methodology

The use of COA^® allows us to organize integration processes into a defined number of sub-processes, each one governed by a clear, simple and specific set of policies wrapped together in a Contract entity that regulates:

• who is part of the process

• when the process must be executed

• what are the objects handled by the process

• how the objects are handled

Through contracts, the entire data integration process can be modeled according to clear and specific needs. Moreover, existing contracts can be reused as templates, reducing time-to-operation and errors.

Always think about data integration as a pipeline of three distinct phases:

• an input phase collecting data

• a mediation phase mediating data

• an output phase delivering data

Each phase will have its own contract that will cover different aspects of the data integration.

For all intents and purposes you can have:

• an input phase COA contract type

• a mediation phase COA contract type

• an output phase COA contract type

This is a schema visualizing the phases and contracts in Data Mover.