Uniform data access is a computational concept describing an even-ness of connectivity and controllability across numerous target data sources.

Necessary to fields such as Enterprise Information Integration

Enterprise Information Integration

Enterprise Information Integration , is a process of information integration, using data abstraction to provide a unified interface for viewing all the data within an organization, and a single set of structures and naming conventions to represent this data; the goal of EII is to get a large set of...

 (EII) and Electronic Data Interchange

Electronic Data Interchange

Electronic data interchange is the structured transmission of data between organizations by electronic means. It is used to transfer electronic documents or business data from one computer system to another computer system, i.e...

 (EDI), it is most often used regarding analysis of disparate data types and data sources, which must be rendered into a uniform information representation

Uniform information representation

Uniform information representation is an analytical concept, referring to a process which allows information from several realms or disciplines to be displayed and worked with as if it came from the same realm or discipline...

, and generally must appear homogenous to the analysis tools—when the data being analyzed is typically heterogeneous and widely varying in size, type, and original representation.