<s>
A	O
canonical	B-Application
model	I-Application
is	O
a	O
design	O
pattern	O
used	O
to	O
communicate	O
between	O
different	O
data	O
formats	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
form	O
of	O
enterprise	B-Architecture
application	I-Architecture
integration	I-Architecture
,	O
it	O
is	O
intended	O
to	O
reduce	O
costs	O
and	O
standardize	O
on	O
agreed	O
data	O
definitions	O
associated	O
with	O
integrating	O
business	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
canonical	B-Application
model	I-Application
is	O
any	O
model	O
that	O
is	O
canonical	O
in	O
nature	O
,	O
i.e.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
desire	O
for	O
consistent	O
message	O
payload	O
results	O
in	O
the	O
construction	O
of	O
an	O
enterprise	O
or	O
business	O
domain	O
canonical	B-Application
model	I-Application
common	O
view	O
within	O
a	O
given	O
context	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Often	O
the	O
term	O
canonical	B-Application
model	I-Application
is	O
used	O
interchangeably	O
with	O
integration	O
strategy	O
and	O
often	O
entails	O
a	O
move	O
to	O
a	O
message-based	O
integration	O
methodology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
typical	O
migration	O
from	O
point-to-point	O
canonical	B-Application
data	I-Application
model	I-Application
,	O
an	O
enterprise	O
design	O
pattern	O
which	O
provides	O
common	O
data	O
naming	O
,	O
definition	O
and	O
values	O
within	O
a	O
generalized	O
data	O
framework	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Advantages	O
of	O
using	O
a	O
canonical	B-Application
data	I-Application
model	I-Application
are	O
reducing	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
data	O
translations	O
and	O
reducing	O
the	O
maintenance	O
effort	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adoption	O
of	O
a	O
comprehensive	O
enterprise	O
interfacing	O
to	O
message-based	O
integration	O
begins	O
with	O
a	O
decision	O
on	O
the	O
middleware	B-General_Concept
to	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
transport	O
messages	O
between	O
endpoints	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Often	O
this	O
decision	O
results	O
in	O
the	O
adoption	O
of	O
an	O
enterprise	B-Application
service	I-Application
bus	I-Application
(	O
ESB	O
)	O
or	O
enterprise	B-Architecture
application	I-Architecture
integration	I-Architecture
(	O
EAI	O
)	O
solution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
desire	O
for	O
consistent	O
message	O
payload	O
results	O
in	O
the	O
construction	O
of	O
an	O
enterprise	O
form	O
of	O
XML	B-Language
schema	I-Language
built	O
from	O
the	O
common	O
model	O
objects	O
thus	O
providing	O
the	O
desired	O
consistency	O
and	O
re-usability	O
while	O
ensuring	O
data	O
integrity	O
.	O
</s>
