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

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data swamp

/ˈdeɪ.tə swɒmp/ - n.

1. Term struck pending the definitions of quality, ownership, catalog, and lineage it was supposed to replace.

Struck
Seen in the wild · 1
See also
  • data catalogA complete index of assets nobody has agreed are correct.
  • data lakeA folder, but you capitalized it.
  • metadata layerWhere the ownership field is required and the ownership is not.