Data Contract Minimums
Recall the minimum data contract components needed for a trustworthy output port.
What are the six minimum contract promises? Schema, semantics, quality rule, service level, owner or roles, and support or change path. These minimums make the interface understandable, testable, and operable. Which contract line is stronger? A platform can validate thresholds; it cannot validate adjectives. We do not know every consumer yet, so we cannot write a contract. Your response Start with the known output promise and primary consumer. The contract can version as new consumers appear, but silent interfaces help nobody. Waiting for perfect consumer knowledge before declaring any promise. It validates the concern while tying the answer back to…
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