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

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freshness sla

/ˈfrɛʃnəs ˌɛsɛlˈeɪ/ - n.

1 [colloq.] A promise about data age that is measured precisely, breached quietly, and reported only in the incident review.Keep. Punchy.This is the problem.

Working definition

2. A committed maximum age for data in a table, beyond which it is considered stale and consumers are notified.

Evidence
Seen in the wild · 1
See also
  • reconciliationThe monthly ritual of explaining why two numbers differ, after which both are kept.
  • watermarkA single stored number that is the difference between an incremental load and a four-hour incident.