Talk:Data mapping

I believe that instances of data mapping products is appropriate in this setting. For an example of class and instance usage see Computer mouse. --Dan 13:11, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Examples of commercial data mapping tools
This list of commercial mapping tools has become an increasingly spammy link repository, and Wikipedia is not a link repository. I would suggest deleting it. —Veyklevar 05:42, 12 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Perhaps we should create a seperate wiki page listing data mapping tools.-User:Dmccreary


 * Maybe someone should consider removing those commercial links whioch have nothing to do here.-User:LionelMoi —Preceding undated comment added 10:01, 15 May 2010 (UTC).

Can somebody explain what Data Mapping is in plain language?
It is my goal to simplify and generalize certain technical information so that a reader who is not in the industry or familiar with the field can understand the explanation, i.e., becoming more encyclopedic. This article is very tech oriented. I need to know a concise, basic-level description of what "data mapping" means! In the sentence "...data mapping is the process of creating data element mappings between two distinct data models," it is not clear to me how the links data element and mappings separately relate to each other. Is there a general, textbook explanation to add as an intro to the subject? Is data element mapping the same as data mapping?

If this is not the place to add this request, or if there is an alternative forum to discuss these kind of changes, please let me know. Batya7 (talk) 21:35, 12 January 2017 (UTC)

Can somebody explain what MAPPING is in plain language?
In wholehearted agreement with Batya7, it is not helpful to employ a circular reference when defining a term. As an IT professional, I perform data mapping without understanding why it is called "mapping" and this bothers me. After a little bit of investigation on Wikipedia, I gather that the term map/mapping will make more sense if I understand its use in some branch of higher mathematics; evidently it has little in common with cartography. Can't we agree on an alternative term which more people will understand intuitively, like maybe data routing?

Mr.Mandocello (talk) 17:25, 6 April 2017 (UTC)