term data element is an atomic unit of data that has precise meaning or precise semantics. A data element has: An identification such as a data element name...
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A data element name is a name given to a data element in, for example, a data dictionary or metadata registry. In a formal data dictionary, there is often...
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In metadata, a data element definition is a human readable phrase or sentence associated with a data element within a data dictionary that describes the...
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details, like the type and length of each data element. Another important piece of information that a data dictionary can provide is the relationship...
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the properties of real-world entities. For instance, a data model may specify that the data element representing a car be composed of a number of other elements...
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The Universal Data Element Framework (UDEF) was a controlled vocabulary developed by The Open Group. It provided a framework for categorizing, naming,...
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interoperability among DC data sets is challenging, as best practices are only recommended. Instead of using ISO 8601, a DC Date element can be written in plain...
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(memory address) of each element can be computed from its index tuple by a mathematical formula. The simplest type of data structure is a linear array...
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Dark data Data (computer science) Data acquisition Data analysis Data bank Data cable Data curation Data domain Data element Data farming Data governance...
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up Element, element, élément, Elements, elements, or éléments in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Element or elements may refer to: Chemical element, a...
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to succeed. Data stewardship must have precise purpose, fit for purpose or fitness. A data steward ensures that each assigned data element: Has clear and...
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Tokenization, when applied to data security, is the process of substituting a sensitive data element with a non-sensitive equivalent, referred to as a...
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In computing and data management, data mapping is the process of creating data element mappings between two distinct data models. Data mapping is used...
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Synset (redirect from Preferred data element)
Note that each data element has two components: Namespace prefix, which is a shorthand for the name of the metadata registry Data element name, which is...
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In data management and database analysis, a data domain is the collection of values that a data element may contain. The rule for determining the domain...
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ISO 8583 (section Data elements)
or subfield within a message, which indicates whether other data elements or data element subfields are present elsewhere in the message. A field is considered...
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required. Data replication across different systems provides loose coupling (in availability), but creates issues in maintaining consistency (data synchronization)...
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by product. A dimensional data element is similar to a categorical variable in statistics. Typically dimensions in a data warehouse are organized internally...
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ISO/IEC 11179 (category Data modeling languages)
specific "data element concept". For example, the high-level concept "income" is combined with the object class "person" to form the data element concept...
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EDIFACT (redirect from United Nations Electronic Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce, and Transport)
values. The component data element separator and data element separator are the "first level" and "second level" separators of data elements within a message...
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code's value indicates what type of data element follows. This value also indicates the meaning of a data element for a given object (or record) type...
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System of record (category Data management)
the authoritative data source for a given data element or piece of information, like for example a row (or record) in a table. In data vault it is referred...
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Single source of truth (redirect from Golden Source of data)
information models and associated data schemas such that every data element is mastered (or edited) in only one place, providing data normalization to a canonical...
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next element to be dequeued without dequeuing it. The operations of a queue make it a first-in-first-out (FIFO) data structure. In a FIFO data structure...
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Extract, transform, load (redirect from Data movement)
process where data is extracted from an input source, transformed (including cleaning), and loaded into an output data container. The data can be collected...
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migrated data for completeness and the decommissioning of legacy data storage are considered part of the entire data migration process. Data migration...
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2–3 tree (category Amortized data structures)
2–3 tree is a tree data structure, where every node with children (internal node) has either two children (2-node) and one data element or three children...
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one data element, and if internal has two child nodes; a 3-node has two data elements, and if internal has three child nodes; a 4-node has three data elements...
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Metadata registry (section Metadata element workflow)
of data - the more traditional use of the term." Originally the standard named itself a "data element" registry. It describes data elements: "data elements...
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