History of Data Governance

Data Governance is about how to control data of value. A well-known turning point in history was the publication of Luca Pacioli's Summa de Arithmetica. This encyclopedia of mathematics of its time, had a 26 page worth of text on what we call Double-entry bookkeeping, which became a foundational literature for accounting, and according to the books by Jane-Gleeson White, Pacioli's double entry book keeping idea influenced the development of arts, sciences, and capitalism. It clearly influenced the practice of the accounting profession, and influenced the formulation of Hamiltonian Mechanics.