# Semantic data contracts

DevFeed: [Semantic data contracts](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/semantic-data-contracts-80397.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://dlthub.com/blog/semantic-contract>)

Author: Adrian Brudaru

Published: 2024-10-30T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [DLT Hub](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/dlt-hub.md>)

Topics: [Data pipelines](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data-pipelines.md>), [Data Space](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data-space.md>), [Test-driven development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tdd.md>)

Tags: [contracts](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/contracts.md>), [data-mesh](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data-mesh.md>), [data-pipelines](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data-pipelines.md>), [governance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/governance.md>), [product](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/product.md>)

## AI overview

The article explains how semantic data contracts can encode data structure, meaning, quality rules, access policies, and business rules directly in data pipelines. It presents contracts managed as code and versioned in GitHub as a flexible alternative to governance APIs, supporting collaboration across data domain teams and portable access governance.

## Source excerpt

Data mesh or governance is simplified when using a semantic data contract nstead of a governance api.