Data and Persistence Standards

Purpose

This section defines the AIC standard for data storage, access and persistence design.

It covers database choice, ORM usage, migrations, performance and transactional behaviour.

What This Section Covers

• database selection and persistence patterns

• MongoDB, EF Core and Dapper usage

• schema governance and concurrency

• audit, soft delete and test data practices

Use This Section When

Use this section when:

• selecting a persistence approach

• reviewing query and schema design

• setting data access standards