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A Daily Lexicon of Trustworthy Data

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fitness for use

/ˈfɪt.nəs fɔːr juːs/ - n.

1 [colloq.] The clause that lets data fail every dimension and still pass, because no one wrote down the use.Keep. Punchy.This is the problem.

Working definition

2. The principle that quality is defined relative to a specific consumer and purpose, not as an absolute property of the data.

Promoted

See also

data qualityA program everyone funds, no one owns, and the dashboard reports as green.
data quality dimensionOne of six words a vendor promises to measure and a scorecard promises to average into a single reassuring number.
single version of the truthThe truth that everyone agreed to, and then maintained a personal copy of, just in case.