Decentralized Data Governance as Part of a Data Mesh Platform: Concepts
  and Approaches
Arif Wider Sumedha Verma Atif Akhtar
Data mesh is a socio-technical approach to decentralized analytics data
management. To manage this decentralization efficiently, data mesh relies on
automation provided by a self-service data infrastructure platform. A key
aspect of this platform is to enable decentralized data governance. Because
data mesh is a young approach, there is a lack of coherence in how data mesh
concepts are interpreted in the industry, and almost no work on how a data mesh
platform facilitates governance. This paper presents a conceptual model of key
data mesh concepts and discusses different approaches to drive governance
through platform means. The insights presented are drawn from concrete
experiences of implementing a fully-functional data mesh platform that can be
used as a reference on how to approach data mesh platform development.