coordinated activities to direct and control an organization with regard to data quality
record of the ultimate derivation and passage of a piece of data through its various owners or custodians
NOTE A data provenance record can include information about creation, update, transcription, abstraction, validation, and transfer of ownership of data.
closeness of agreement between a property value and the true value
NOTE 1 In practice, the accepted reference value is substituted for the true value.
NOTE 2 Adapted from ISO 3534-2.
record of the information provided about the accuracy of a piece of data
NOTE A data accuracy record can include representations and warranties of the data's accuracy.
value which characterizes a characteristic perfectly defined in the conditions which exist when that characteristic is considered
NOTE 1 The true value is a theoretical concept and, in general, cannot be known exactly.
NOTE 2 Adapted from ISO 3534-2.
value that serves as an agreed-upon reference for comparison
NOTE The accepted reference value is derived as:
a theoretical or established value, based on scientific principles;
an assigned or certified value, based on experimental work of some national or international organization;
a consensus or certified value, based on collaborative experimental work under the auspices of a scientific or technical group;
the expectation, i.e. the mean of a specified set of measurements, when a), b) and c) are not available.
[ISO 3534-2:2006, 3.2.7]
owner of a process that creates data
EXAMPLE The Department of Transportation of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, USA is the authoritative data source for Pennsylvania motor vehicle registration records.
quality of having all data that existed in the possession of the sender at the time the data message was created
record of the information provided about the completeness of a piece of data
NOTE A data completeness record can include representations and warranties of the data's completeness.