Glossary

Master data glossary

The terms that come up in every master data programme, explained in one sentence and without unnecessary jargon. Each entry states what the term means, what changes in practice, and where to go when the subject stops being a definition and becomes a decision.

Glossary

Master data glossary

Data steward

A data steward is the person accountable for a data domain: they decide what a valid record is, approve exceptions, measure quality and answer for wrong data.

Deduplication

Deduplication is the process of recognising that two or more records describe the same entity and deciding what to do with them: merge, cross-reference, or mark as distinct.

Golden record

A golden record is the single trusted record of an entity — a customer, a supplier, a material — built from every version of it scattered across systems.