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A Daily Lexicon of Trustworthy Data

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data standard

/ˈdeɪ.tə ˈstæn.dəd/ - n.

1 [colloq.] One of the several standards each team independently considers the standard.Keep. Punchy.This is the problem.

Working definition

2. An agreed, documented specification for how a class of data is to be named, formatted, classified, or validated.

Filed

See also

business glossaryA glossary in which the term 'owner' is the only entry without one.
controlled vocabularyThe aspiration; the practice is mostly the uncontrolled kind, which is why this exists.
data policyA document whose enforcement mechanism is the hope that someone reads it.