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title: "List All Relevant CDOs · Document Business Meaning · Capture Attributes and Relationships"
url: https://ott.earth/list-cdos/
author: "Pavel Ott"
source: https://ott.earth/
license: CC BY 4.0
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# List All Relevant CDOs · Document Business Meaning · Capture Attributes and Relationships

> Catalogue all CDOs relevant to your organisation, document their meaning, attributes, and relationships, and analyse interactions and dependencies.


## Activities

1. **Catalogue all CDOs** relevant to your organisation.
2. **Document their business meaning, attributes, and relationships.**
   - Clarify which organisational units, departments, or subject domains depend on each CDO to deliver services.
3. **Analyse interactions and dependencies.**
   - Map how CDOs interact with each other and with business processes.
   - Highlight overlaps, duplicates, and inconsistencies across domains.
   - **Outcome:** visibility into integration points and potential redundancies.

## Objective

Catalogue all relevant CDOs and document their meaning, attributes, and relationships.

## Outcome

A clear, business-friendly catalogue that serves as the foundation for later modelling and governance activities.

## Key Stakeholders

- **Data Governance Council** — Approves catalogue structure and standards.
- **Subject Matter Experts (SMEs)** — Provide definitions and business context for each CDO.
- **Business Unit Leads** — Validate relevance and completeness of CDOs.
- **Compliance / Regulatory Team** — Ensure the catalogue meets legal and regulatory requirements.