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{{Expert needed|Information Architecture|reason=The information appears outdated and requires sources both historical (history of data mapping) and current (how is data mapping performed today).|date=May 2018}}
In [[computing]] and [[data management]], '''data mapping''' is the process of creating [[data element]] mappings[[Map (mathematics)|mapping]]s between two distinct [[data model]]s. Data mapping is used as a first step for a wide variety of [[data integration]] tasks, including<ref name="ShahbazData15">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pRChCgAAQBAJ |title=Data Mapping for Data Warehouse Design |author=Shahbaz, Q. |publisher=Elsevier |pages=180 |year=2015 |isbn=9780128053355 |accessdate=29 May 2018}}</ref>:
 
* [[Data transformation]] or [[data mediation]] between a data source and a destination