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Data steward

The person responsible for the quality and correct use of a particular set of data, such as the customer list or the product catalog.

A steward is who you ask when a cleaning decision needs judgment, for example which of two conflicting addresses is right.

See also

  • Data governanceThe policies, roles, and processes an organization uses to decide who owns its data, who may change it, and what standard it must meet.
  • Human reviewHaving a person examine a proposed change, and accept, correct, or reject it, before it is applied to the data.
  • Data qualityHow well a dataset serves the purpose it is used for. Usually judged by accuracy, completeness, consistency, validity, uniqueness, and timeliness.

Karg checks for many of these when it profiles a file, applies the fixes it is confident about, and sets the rest aside for your review. See how it works, or have our team clean your data for you.