Welcome to JGP.ai
Jean-Georges "jgp" Perrin is passionate about data, chairs the Linux Foundation's Bitol project to establish open standards for data engineering, works in the Actian Office of the CTO, and is the author of several books on data mesh, Apache Spark, and architecture modernization. [More]
Strategic & tactical content
News of the world
AMA: Data Contracts & Data Products — The Governance by Tags Edition
[embed width="0" height="0"] Weekly AMA on data contracts and data products, hosted by Jean-Georges Perrin (Office of the CTO, Actian).… Continue Reading
AMA: Data Contracts & Data Products — The London Edition
[embed width="0" height="0"] In-person AMA — London. Talking about some of what happened at Big Data London, maturity (and OMMS),… Continue Reading
AMA: Data Contracts & Data Products — The Cannes Edition
[embed width="0" height="0"] Weekly AMA on data contracts and data products, hosted by Jean-Georges Perrin (Office of the CTO, Actian).… Continue Reading
AMA: Data Contracts & Data Products — The Let’s Build Something New Edition
[embed width="0" height="0"] Weekly AMA on data contracts and data products, hosted by Jean-Georges Perrin (Office of the CTO, Actian).… Continue Reading
AMA: Data Contracts & Data Products — The Gift That Keeps on Giving Edition
[embed width="0" height="0"] Weekly AMA on data contracts and data products, hosted by Jean-Georges Perrin (Office of the CTO, Actian).… Continue Reading
AMA: Data Contracts & Data Products — The Tokyo Edition
[embed width="0" height="0"] Weekly AMA on data contracts and data products, hosted by Jean-Georges Perrin (Office of the CTO, Actian).… Continue Reading
AMA: Data Contracts & Data Products — The Travelling Edition
[embed width="0" height="0"] Weekly AMA on data contracts and data products, hosted by Jean-Georges Perrin (Office of the CTO, Actian).… Continue Reading
AMA: Data Contracts & Data Products — The Thanking Everyone Edition
[embed width="0" height="0"] Weekly AMA on data contracts and data products, hosted by Jean-Georges Perrin (Office of the CTO, Actian).… Continue Reading
AMA: Data Contracts & Data Products — The Veteran Edition
[embed width="0" height="0"] Weekly AMA on data contracts and data products, hosted by Jean-Georges Perrin (Office of the CTO, Actian).… Continue Reading
AMA: Data Contracts & Data Products — The Data Contracts, Products & GitHub Edition
[embed width="0" height="0"] Weekly AMA on data contracts and data products, hosted by Jean-Georges Perrin (Office of the CTO, Actian).… Continue Reading
AMA: Data Contracts & Data Products — The Dark Side of Data Contracts Edition
[embed width="0" height="0"] Weekly AMA on data contracts and data products, hosted by Jean-Georges Perrin (Office of the CTO, Actian).… Continue Reading
AMA: Data Contracts & Data Products — The Cousin Edition
[embed width="0" height="0"] Weekly AMA on data contracts and data products, hosted by Jean-Georges Perrin (Office of the CTO, Actian).… Continue Reading
AMA: Data Contracts & Data Products — The Contract in the D Edition
[embed width="0" height="0"] In-person AMA — Detroit, Michigan. Special Detroit edition. This is a 30-minute session. Questions are welcome —… Continue Reading
AMA: Data Contracts & Data Products — The Alsace Edition
[embed width="0" height="0"] In-person AMA — Strasbourg, Alsace, France. This is a 30-minute session. Questions are welcome — especially ahead… Continue Reading
Using the Libot Services: Data Contracts and Data Products in a Few curl Calls
A copy-paste guide to the free Libot Services REST API: turn a DDL script into an ODCS data contract, a contract into an ODPS data product, compare versions, score maturity, and move from API keys to OAuth 2.1 and the v4 API. Permalink for the code examples of Chapter 2 of Building Data Products.
Continue Reading
The Meta Standard Nobody Asked For
Earlier this summer, two open specifications shipped. Both are aiming at the same broad problem: AI systems need context that… Continue Reading
Bitol is a Graduated Project
A shorter and more personal take on the recent news, first published on bitol.io.Thank you to all the Bitol users,… Continue Reading
13x Growth: Your Competitors Are Already Adopting Open Data Standards
Back in March 2025, when I ran our first Bitol adoption survey, nine organizations had raised their hands. Nine. I… Continue Reading
ODCS v3.2 and ODPS v1.1: Making AI Smart About Your Data
Since their inception, we have written data contracts for two readers: humans and the validators that humans built. The schema… Continue Reading
Sovereignty meets modern ops #substack #shorts
[embed width="0" height="0"] This is a clip from See the full video: Continue Reading
Why companies keep on‑prem data #substack #shorts
[embed width="0" height="0"] This is a clip from See the full video: Continue Reading
Conference floors are shrinking #substack #shorts
[embed width="0" height="0"] This is a clip from See the full video: Continue Reading
The ‘Quantum Leap’ Tech Pattern #substack #shorts
[embed width="0" height="0"] This is a clip from See the full video: Continue Reading
Data, Misaligned – Back from Gartner Europe
[embed width="0" height="0"] A recording from Jean-Georges Perrin's live video Continue Reading
Building Data Products (O’Reilly, 2026)
[embed width="0" height="0"] Celebrating my new book at O'Reilly: Building Data Contracts. Part 1 - Foundation Chapter 1. Beyond Data… Continue Reading
Join us in the stunning Viñoly Room
I'm hosting the London edition of our dinners with leaders and thinkers in data & AI. I think one of… Continue Reading
Data, Misaligned
Get more from Ole Olesen-Bagneux in the Substack appAvailable for iOS and AndroidGet the app Continue Reading
Selling CLEGO
Five Levels Between Chaos and (Almost) AI-Ready Data
There are a few conversations I have had too many times.A frequent one is about the completion of the data contract. “Do I have to fill every section and property?”…
Continue Reading