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Governance Contact

n.

Pronunciation

/ˈgʌvərnəns ˈkɑnˌtækt/

Acronym

Definition

The person of contact who is assessing, adjudicating, and resolving the data issues.

When building a schema, metadata is customized to the needs of a given project. These individual pieces may vary if several people are working on the data, thus the exercise of authority, control, and decision making over the data needs to be assigned to a governance contact.

Category

Data Governance

Related Terms

Data Governance, Metadata, Schema

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