https://github.com/paypal/data-contract-template

Template for a data contract used in a data mesh.
https://github.com/paypal/data-contract-template

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Template for a data contract used in a data mesh.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/paypal/data-contract-template
• Owner: paypal
• License: apache-2.0
• Created: 2023-04-21T16:19:10.000Z (about 2 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-03-13T12:49:59.000Z (about 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-01-11T19:17:42.586Z (4 months ago)
• Topics: data, data-contract, data-engineering, data-mesh
• Homepage:
• Size: 428 KB
• Stars: 467
• Watchers: 21
• Forks: 48
• Open Issues: 1
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
  • Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
  • License: LICENSE
  • Authors: AUTHORS.md

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README

        
# Template for Data Contract

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This project has evolved and is now called [**Open Data Contract Standard (ODCS)**](https://github.com/bitol-io/open-data-contract-standard), part of [**Bitol**](https://bitol.io/), a project hosted by [**The Linux Foundation**](https://lfaidata.foundation/) and [**AIDA User Group**](https://aidaug.org/).

The new repository can be found at: [https://github.com/bitol-io/open-data-contract-standard](https://github.com/bitol-io/open-data-contract-standard).

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Welcome! Thanks for your interest and for taking the time to come here! ❤️

## Executive summary

This project describes the **data contract** being used in the implementation of Data Mesh at [PayPal](https://about.pypl.com/). It is available for you as an Apache 2.0 license. Contributions are welcome!

## Discover the template

Discover the [template](https://github.com/paypal/data-contract-template/blob/main/docs/README.md). This file contains the explanation and several examples.

## What is a Data Contract?

### The basics of a data contract

A data contract defines the agreement between a data producer and consumer. A data contract contains several sections:

* Fundamentals.

* Schema.

* Data quality.

* Service-level agreement (SLA).

* Security & stakeholders.

* Custom properties.

![Data contract schema](https://github.com/paypal/data-contract-template/blob/main/docs/img/data-contract-v2-schema.png "Data contract schema")

*Figure 1: illustration of a data contract, its principal contributors, sections, and usage.*

### How do we use Data Contracts at PayPal?

PayPal uses data contracts in many ways, but this [article](https://medium.com/paypal-tech/the-next-generation-of-data-platforms-is-the-data-mesh-b7df4b825522) from the [PayPal Technology blog](https://medium.com/paypal-tech) gives a good introduction.

## Contributing to the project

Check out the [CONTRIBUTING](https://github.com/paypal/data-contract-template/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md) file.

If you are a PayPal employee or contractor, contact us via Slack at `#rosewall-help`.

## Articles about PayPal's Data Contract Template

 * 2023-05-07 - [Data Engineering Weekly #130 - Data Contract in the Wild with PayPal’s Data Contract Template](https://www.dataengineeringweekly.com/p/data-engineering-weekly-130)

 * 2023-05-06 - [PayPal เปิด Data Contract เป็น Open Source Template ให้ไปใช้งานกัน](https://discuss.dataengineercafe.io/t/paypal-data-contract-open-source-template/581/1)

 * 2023-05-05 - [Jonathan Neo (j__neo ) on Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/dataengineering/comments/137glbo/comment/jixw5hj/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3)

 * 2023-05-01 - [PayPal open sources its data contract template](https://jgp.ai/2023/05/01/paypal-open-sources-its-data-contract-template/)

If you spot an article about the PayPal's Data Contract Template, make a pull request!