ISO/TS 8000-1:2011(E)

Introduction

The ability to create, collect, store, maintain, transfer, process and present data to support business processes in a timely and cost effective manner requires both an understanding of the characteristics of the data that determine its quality, and an ability to measure, manage and report on data quality.

ISO 8000 defines characteristics that can be tested by any organization in the data supply chain to objectively determine conformance of the data to ISO 8000.

ISO 8000 provides frameworks for improving data quality for specific kinds of data. The frameworks can be used independently or in conjunction with quality management systems.

ISO 8000 covers industrial data quality characteristics throughout the product life cycle from conception to disposal. ISO 8000 addresses specific kinds of data including, but not limited to, master data, transaction data, and product data.

Assets can be grouped into real and intellectual property. Information is intellectual property. Data is a prerequisite to information. Thus, the quality of data is a key determiner of an organization's ability to preserve and transfer intellectual property.

A characteristic of data is its portability from one system to another. Syntax and semantic encoding determine whether data is portable in a reliable way. ISO 8000 specifies requirements for the declaration of syntax and semantic encoding. This allows a user to determine the limitations of data portability. By requesting data that conforms to ISO 8000, a user is able to manage data portability and protect its intellectual property assets.

Data quality is the degree to which data meets user requirements. ISO 8000 contains specifications for the declaration of the conformance to stated data requirements. This allows a user to request data that meets its requirements and to determine if received data meets its requirements.

This part of ISO 8000 contains an overview of ISO 8000.


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