Chapter 3. The Structure of Your Digital Plumbing

I can’t understand it. I can’t even understand
the people who can understand it.
— QUEEN JULIANA OF THE NETHERLANDS

NOW THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT OF digital plumbing—the system that helps move valuable information to the right place at the right time, and archives the information for as long as you need it—let’s take a look at its structure. In order to get a good picture in your head, think of digital plumbing as a series of layers, each built on the one below it. Study the graphic on the next page for a moment before we move on to a discussion of each of the layers.