Data Governance Glossary

The selective restriction of access to data. In Qarion, this is managed through role-based access control (RBAC) and self-service access requests.

The framework of rules, practices, and processes ensuring that AI technologies are developed and used responsibly, ethically, and in compliance with regulations like the EU AI Act.

A detailed, centralized inventory of all data assets in an organization, designed to help data professionals quickly find the most appropriate data for analytical or business purposes.

An agreement between data producers and consumers that defines the schema, quality expectations, and terms of use for a specific data asset.

A centralized repository of metadata, such as meaning, relationships to other data, origin, usage, and format, used to govern data assets.

A logical grouping of data related to a specific business function or subject area (e.g., Marketing, Finance, Product).

The overall management of the availability, usability, integrity, and security of the data employed in an enterprise.

The lifecycle that includes the data's origins and where it moves over time. It provides visibility into upstream dependencies and downstream consumers.

A decentalized approach to data management that emphasizes domain ownership, treating data as a product rather than a centralized platform.

A cohesive unit of data that is independently valuable, discoverable, accessible, trustworthy, and interoperable, treated as a product rather than just a technical asset.

The measure of the condition of data based on factors such as accuracy, completeness, consistency, reliability and whether it's up to date.

A role responsible for the management and oversight of an organization's data assets to help provide business users with high-quality data.

General Data Protection Regulation. A regulation in EU law on data protection and privacy in the European Union and the European Economic Area.

Data that provides information about other data. In Qarion, this includes structural metadata (schemas), descriptive metadata (definitions), and administrative metadata (access controls).

Any data that could potentially identify a specific individual. Any information that can be used to distinguish one person from another.

An approach to restricting system access to authorized users based on their role within an organization.