Reference Data

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

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/ˈrɛfərəns ˈdætə/

As mentioned, reference data can be organized and maintained in persistent storage, which can be a database or a file in the file system.
There are three broad uses for reference data : operands, historic artifacts, and shared collections of data.
Until recently, this reference data resided in either a file or a database and was accessed through queries.
Actually the former approach can also benefit from the reference data caches.
When reference data is dynamic, values can be added frequently over time to support new business requirements.

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