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

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data governance tooling

/ˈdeɪ.tə ˈɡʌv.ən.əns ˈtuː.lɪŋ/ - n.

1 [colloq.] Bought to make the decisions; capable only of cataloguing the fact that no one will.Keep. Punchy.This is the problem.

Working definition

2. The platforms that catalog, classify, and track data and policy, supporting governance work but not performing its decisions.

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See also
  • business glossaryA glossary in which the term 'owner' is the only entry without one.
  • data governanceThe meeting where everyone agrees data is important and no one agrees who owns it.
  • issue managementMoving a problem from a person's worry to a system's backlog, where it is now safe.