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

data lineage

1 [colloq.] A family tree for numbers, requested immediately after the audit discovers everyone was adopted.Keep. Punchy.This is the problem.

Working definition

2. A record of where data came from, how it changed, and where it moved across systems and processes.

Draft
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See also
  • metadataEverything we know about the data except whether anyone agreed what it means.