Operations — how data is queried, observed, governed

Policies

2 open standards for Policies in a modern data architecture, each with an opinionated judgement: Adopt, Situational, Assess, or Caution.

Start with OPA.

Adopt 1 standard

The standard to reach for in new work. Proven, multi-vendor, clearly the default for its slot.

OPA — Open Policy Agent
General-purpose policy engine; mature Rego ecosystem.

CNCF (Graduated)

Assess 1 standard

Promising but not yet proven for production-default use. Track it and prototype, but don't commit your architecture.

ODRL — Open Digital Rights Language
Rights-expression language; relevant where data licensing matters.

W3C

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See Policies in context

These standards are one panel of the interactive Data Landscape, which maps every open standard a modern data architecture is built on. The underlying data is a single JSON file; disagree with a judgement? Open an issue.