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Vol. I · No. 251
Mon · 8 Jun
A Daily Lexicon of Trustworthy Data
The Lexicon

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data freshness

/ˈdeɪ.tə ˈfrɛʃ.nəs/ - n.

1 [colloq.] The timestamp everyone trusts and no one checks.Keep. Punchy.This is the problem.

Working definition

2. How recently the data in a report reflects the source system, relative to the decision it supports.

Evidence
See also
  • certified reportA report stamped trustworthy by whoever was last willing to put their name on it.
  • real-time dashboardTerm struck pending the definition of the decision its latency serves; until a choice depends on the second, real-time is a refresh rate, not a requirement.
  • refresh cadenceHow often the numbers change, set independently of how often anyone looks.