Definition: Data that is in the process of being transported. Commentary: Data-in-motion can be interrogated in the flow of the process. In big data, data-in-motion is the process of analyzing data on...

Definition: A model that presents the declarative structure of data through a defined scope and perspective, and to a given level of abstraction. Commentary: Data models provide an existential and ana...

Definition: Data that is in active maintenance. Commentary:

Definition: Categories of measurement used to evaluate the degree to which data is fit-for-purpose. Commentary: The EDM Council recognizes the meaning of seven core dimensions used to define and measu...

Definition: The rate at which a data attribute loses its level of quality over time if not maintained. Decay can be measured against all dimension of data quality. Commentary:

Definition: A process, application or stakeholder that provisions data to one or more data consumers Commentary:

Definition: 1) A measurement of qualitative and quantitative conditions that determine whether the data is fit-for-purpose in a business process or operation. 2) The function that ensures the data bei...

Definition: The process of evaluating and grading a given source of data to determine whether it is fit-for-purpose. Commentary: Profiling is a methodology for determining the current state of data qu...

Definition: Documentation of the source of data with sufficient detail to allow reproducibility of a specific dataset. Commentary: Data provenance is commonly confused with data lineage and data trace...

Definition: Any organized collection of data made available for consumption. Commentary: A best practice is to render the data set in a useful format to the consumer. The data set resides in a data as...