ISO 8000-102:2009(E)

5 Terms relating to data quality

5.1
data quality management

coordinated activities to direct and control an organization with regard to data quality

5.2
data provenance record

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.

5.3
data accuracy

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.

5.4
data accuracy record

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.

5.5
true value

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.

5.6
accepted reference value

value that serves as an agreed-upon reference for comparison

NOTE The accepted reference value is derived as:

  1. a theoretical or established value, based on scientific principles;

  2. an assigned or certified value, based on experimental work of some national or international organization;

  3. a consensus or certified value, based on collaborative experimental work under the auspices of a scientific or technical group;

  4. 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]

5.7
authoritative data source

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.

5.8
data completeness

quality of having all data that existed in the possession of the sender at the time the data message was created

5.9
data completeness record

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.


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