Preface xi
Chapter 1. Introduction to Data Lakes: Definitions and Discussions 1
Anne LAURENT, Dominique LAURENT and Cedrine MADERA
1.1. Introduction to data lakes 1
1.2. Literature review and discussion 3
1.3. The data lake challenges 7
1.4. Data lakes versus decision-making systems 10
1.5. Urbanization for data lakes 13
1.6. Data lake functionalities 17
1.7. Summary and concluding remarks 20
Chapter 2. Architecture of Data Lakes 21
Houssem CHIHOUB, Cedrine MADERA, Christoph QUIX and Rihan HAI
2.1. Introduction 21
2.2. State of the art and practice 25
2.2.1. Definition 25
2.2.2. Architecture 25
2.2.3. Metadata 26
2.2.4. Data quality 27
2.2.5. Schema-on-read 27
2.3. System architecture 28
2.3.1. Ingestion layer 29
2.3.2. Storage layer 31
2.3.3. Transformation layer 32
2.3.4. Interaction layer 33
2.4. Use case: the Constance system 33
2.4.1. System overview 33
2.4.2. Ingestion layer 35
2.4.3. Maintenance layer 35
2.4.4. Query layer 37
2.4.5. Data quality control 38
2.4.6. Extensibility and flexibility 38
2.5. Concluding remarks 39
Chapter 3. Exploiting Software Product Lines and Formal Concept Analysis for the Design of Data Lake Architectures 41
Marianne HUCHARD, Anne LAURENT, Therese LIBOUREL, Cedrine MADERA and Andre MIRALLES
3.1. Our expectations 41
3.2. Modeling data lake functionalities 43
3.3. Building the knowledge base of industrial data lakes 46
3.4. Our formalization approach 49
3.5. Applying our approach 51
3.6. Analysis of our first results 53
3.7. Concluding remarks 55
Chapter 4. Metadata in Data Lake Ecosystems 57
Asma ZGOLLI, Christine COLLET† and Cedrine MADERA
4.1. Definitions and concepts 57
4.2. Classification of metadata by NISO 58
4.2.1. Metadata schema 59
4.2.2. Knowledge base and catalog 60
4.3. Other categories of metadata 61
4.3.1. Business metadata 61
4.3.2. Navigational integration 63
4.3.3. Operational metadata 63
4.4. Sources of metadata 64
4.5. Metadata classification 65
4.6. Why metadata are needed 70
4.6.1. Selection of information (re)sources 70
4.6.2. Organization of information resources 70
4.6.3. Interoperability and integration 70
4.6.4. Unique digital identification 71
4.6.5. Data archiving and preservation 71
4.7. Business value of metadata 72
4.8. Metadata architecture 75
4.8.1. Architecture scenario 1: point-to-point metadata architecture 75
4.8.2. Architecture scenario 2: hub and spoke metadata architecture 76
4.8.3. Architecture scenario 3: tool of record metadata architecture 78
4.8.4. Architecture scenario 4: hybrid metadata architecture 79
4.8.5. Architecture scenario 5: federated metadata architecture 80
4.9. Metadata management 82
4.10. Metadata and data lakes 86
4.10.1. Application and workload layer 86
4.10.2. Data layer 88
4.10.3. System layer 90
4.10.4. Metadata types 90
4.11. Metadata management in data lakes 92
4.11.1. Metadata directory 93
4.11.2. Metadata storage 93
4.11.3. Metadata discovery 94
4.11.4. Metadata lineage 94
4.11.5. Metadata querying 95
4.11.6. Data source selection 95
4.12. Metadata and master data management 96
4.13. Conclusion 96
Chapter 5. A Use Case of Data Lake Metadata Management 97
Imen MEGDICHE, Franck RAVAT and Yan ZHAO
5.1. Context 97
5.1.1. Data lake definition 98
5.1.2. Data lake functional architecture 100
5.2. Related work 103
5.2.1. Metadata classification 104
5.2.2. Metadata management 105
5.3. Metadata model 106
5.3.1. Metadata classification 106
5.3.2. Schema of metadata conceptual model 110
5.4. Metadata implementation 111
5.4.1. Relational database 112
5.4.2. Graph database 115
5.4.3. Comparison of the solutions 119
5.5. Concluding remarks 121
Chapter 6. Master Data and Reference Data in Data Lake Ecosystems 123
Cedrine MADERA
6.1. Introduction to master data management 125
6.1.1. What is master data? 125
6.1.2. Basic definitions 125
6.2. Deciding what to manage 126
6.2.1. Behavior 126
6.2.2. Lifecycle 127
6.2.3. Cardinality 127
6.2.4. Lifetime 128
6.2.5. Complexity 128
6.2.6. Value 128
6.2.7. Volatility 129
6.2.8. Reuse 129
6.3. Why should I manage master data? 130
6.4. What is master data management? 131
6.4.1. How do I create a master list? 136
6.4.2. How do I maintain a master list? 138
6.4.3. Versioning and auditing 139
6.4.4. Hierarchy management 140
6.5. Master data and the data lake 141
6.6. Conclusion 143
Chapter 7. Linked Data Principles for Data Lakes 145
Alessandro ADAMOU and Mathieu D’AQUIN
7.1. Basic principles 145
7.2. Using Linked Data in data lakes 148
7.2.1. Distributed data storage and querying with linked data graphs 151
7.2.2. Describing and profiling data sources 153
7.2.3. Integrating internal and external data 156
7.3. Limitations and issues 159
7.4. The smart cities use case 162
7.4.1. The MK Data Hub 163
7.4.2. Linked data in the MK Data Hub 165
7.5. Take-home message 169
Chapter 8. Fog Computing 171
Arnault IOUALALEN
8.1. Introduction 171
8.2. A little bit of context 171
8.3. Every machine talks 172
8.4. The volume paradox 173
8.5. The fog, a shift in paradigm 174
8.6. Constraint environment challenges 176
8.7. Calculations and local drift 177
8.7.1. A short memo about computer arithmetic 178
8.7.2. Instability from within 179
8.7.3. Non-determinism from outside 180
8.8. Quality is everything 181
8.9. Fog computing versus cloud computing and edge computing 184
8.10. Concluding remarks: fog computing and data lake 185
Chapter 9. The Gravity Principle in Data Lakes 187
Anne LAURENT, Therese LIBOUREL, Cedrine MADERA and Andre MIRALLES
9.1. Applying the notion of gravitation to information systems 187
9.1.1. Universal gravitation 187
9.1.2. Gravitation in information systems 189
9.2. Impact of gravitation on the architecture of data lakes 193
9.2.1. The case where data are not moved 195
9.2.2. The case where processes are not moved 197
9.2.3. The case where the environment blocks the move 198
Glossary 201
References 207
List of Authors 217
Index 219
