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

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quality sla

/ˈkwɒl.ɪ.ti ˌes.elˈeɪ/ - n.

1 [colloq.] A promise about data with a number, a period, and no clause describing what happens when it breaks.Keep. Punchy.This is the problem.

Working definition

2. A service-level agreement that commits a data producer to specified quality targets — freshness, completeness, accuracy — over a stated period.

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See also
  • data contractA promise with a schema, signed by no one with the authority to keep it.
  • error budgetA budget you only discover you had when someone explains it was already spent.
  • quality sloThe target you report against when you would rather not name the agreement you report to.