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A Daily Lexicon of Trustworthy Data

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trusted dataset

/ˈtrʌs.tɪd ˈdeɪ.tə.set/ - n.

1 [colloq.] A dataset trusted because it was labeled trusted, by the team that did the labeling.Keep. Punchy.This is the problem.

Working definition

2. A dataset designated as reliable for decision-making on the basis of documented quality controls, lineage, and ownership.

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See also

data certificationA badge granted on a Tuesday and never re-checked against the Wednesday data.
golden recordThe one true version of the customer, assembled from five wrong ones by a rule no one in the room can recite.
single version of the truthThe truth that everyone agreed to, and then maintained a personal copy of, just in case.