[optician_owl]

It's a terrible post. What it suggests is to turn your head off and follow overly generalised principle. I guess when somebody invent yet another acronym it is a red flag.

Data has its own life cycles in every area it passes through. And it's part of requirements gathering to find those cycles: the dependent systems, the teams, and the questions you need to answer. Mindlessly adding fields won't save you in every situation.

Bonus point: when you start collecting questions while designing your service, you'll discover how mature your colleagues' thinking is.