Data Strategy
The purpose of metadata is not simply to describe data and information assets, but rather to proactively answer questions that consumers might have about them. Where did this data come from? How up to date is it? How trustworthy is it? What business process(es) created it? What business process(es) use it? What transformations or filtering have bee... See more
Larry Burns • The Currency of Information: Managing Data as an Asset (Part Three)
Data quality management ensures data is fit for consumption and meets the needs of data consumers. To be of high quality, data must be consistent and unambiguous. You can measure data quality through dimensions including accuracy, completeness, consistency, integrity, reasonability, timelines, uniqueness, validity, and accessibility.
Astasia Myers • 4 Data Trends to Watch in 2020
Yet many of us who have tried to use data to inform decisions in organizations have experienced a different reality. One where we are constantly confused by how metrics are defined, bicker over how to interpret various analyses, and struggle to apply the insights into action.
Julie Zhuo • The Data-Informed Manifesto
Quality data is crucial for automation, pattern recognition, and training AI for advanced capabilities. A data-first mindset and a data-focused platform are essential for long-term success
oracle.com • Generative AI Changes Everything for the CFO and Finance
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Data is always an abstraction of reality based on underlying assumptions as to how to categorize the unstructured phenomena of the real world.
Clayton M. Christensen • Competing Against Luck: The Story of Innovation and Customer Choice
The starting point of any RAG system is its source data, often consisting of a vast corpus of text documents, websites, or databases
DataStax • Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) Explained: Understanding Key Concepts
This brings us to our third point: Because data only has meaning within a particular context, consumers of data and information need metadata to help them decide how to use it. This is an important difference between data and other assets. You don’t need much metadata when deciding whether to spend a $20 bill, but you do need metadata when trying t... See more
Larry Burns • The Currency of Information: What Kind of Asset Is Data? (Part Two)
Meta-data management. Meta-data, which is commonly defined as “data about the data” is used to ensure traceability throughout the environment and ensure there is a common understanding of the meaning of the information contained in the BI environment.