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A Daily Lexicon of Trustworthy Data

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controlled vocabulary

/kənˈtrəʊld vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ri/ - n.

1 [colloq.] The aspiration; the practice is mostly the uncontrolled kind, which is why this exists.Keep. Punchy.This is the problem.

Working definition

2. A curated, governed set of approved terms that constrains how concepts are named and used to keep meaning stable.

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Seen in the wild · 3

OMB put AI governance on the calendar. The data definition still needs a chair.Owner Missing
ISO gave AI a management system. It did not define your training data.Business Sense Required
OpenTelemetry standardized the labels. The business meaning still lives outside the trace.Metric Theater

See also

business glossaryA glossary in which the term 'owner' is the only entry without one.
data standardOne of the several standards each team independently considers the standard.
semantic driftThe slow process by which 'customer' comes to mean six things, none of them on file.