Data Curation

5. A documented set of data quality rules, standards, and validation criteria applied to data assets.
6. An enterprise data governance platform used to manage metadata, stewardship, policies, and data knowledge.
7. A high-level business area that groups related data concepts and ownership.
9. A subset of personal data that requires heightened protection due to legal, regulatory, or risk considerations.
10. Data classified as sensitive and restricted due to legal, privacy, security, or business impact.
13. A data modeling tool used to design and maintain logical and physical data models, especially for complex or non-relational systems.
14. A technology-agnostic representation of business entities, attributes, and relationships.
15. A more specific functional grouping within a data domain that provides finer organizational clarity.

1. An enterprise HR system commonly serving as a system of record for workforce-related data.
2. A data element essential to business operations, decision-making, reporting, or regulatory compliance.
3. A curated collection of standardized business terms and definitions used to create shared understanding.
4. The analysis of data to understand its structure, content, quality, patterns, and anomalies.
6. A measure of how essential a data element is to business outcomes or risk exposure.
8. A DAMA-recognized certification demonstrating mastery of data management knowledge areas.
9. The authoritative system where a specific data element is officially created and maintained.
10. Ongoing management of data to ensure it is accurate, understandable, governed, and fit for business use across its lifecycle.
11. The documented origin, movement, and transformation of data from source to consumption.
12. Data that describes other data, including definitions, structure, ownership, lineage, and usage context.
15. A business or technical expert responsible for providing authoritative knowledge about a data domain.