Data Steward

Data Steward - A person with data-related responsibilities as set by a Data Governance_ or Data Stewardship program. Often, Data Stewards fall into multiple types. Data Quality_ Stewards, Data Definition Stewards, Data Usage Stewards, etc.

[Category=Data Governance ]

Source: The Data Governance Institute, 28 November 2009 11:09:11, http://www.datagovernance.com/glossary-governance/

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Data Steward - The data steward acts as the conduit between information technology (IT) and the business portion of a company with both decision support and operational help. The data steward has the challenge of guaranteeing that the corporation's data is used to its fullest capacity.

[Category=Information Management ]

Source: Information-Management.com, 11 June 2010 11:17:05, http://www.information-management.com/glossary/d.html

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Data Steward - The data steward acts as the conduit between information technology (IT) and the business portion of a company with both decision support and operational help. The data steward has the challenge of guaranteeing that the corporation's data is used to its fullest capacity.

[Category=Data Management ]

Source: DataMentors, 17 August 2010 09:24:17, http://www.datamentors.com/News-and-Resources/Glossary.html

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Data Steward - Data stewards are responsible for enacting data policies their organization has agreed to implement.

Data stewards typically work side by side with a data custodian, who is then responsible for the technical aspects of storing and moving data. Data stewards are supported by features within master Data Management_ solutions that support active data stewardship.

[Category=Data Quality ]

Stibo Systems, 17 May 2011 09:37:59, http://www.stibosystems.com/US/Resources/Glossary/B.aspx

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Data steward - The person who maintains a data definition on behalf of the owner of the data definition.

[Category=Data Quality ]

Source: DAMA UK, 15 July 2011 09:06:53, http://www.damauk.org/glossary.php  

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data steward - A person responsible for data stored in a data field.

[Category=Big Data ]

Source: DataInformed, 27 October 2013 09:27:08, http://data-informed.com/glossary-of-big-data-terms/  

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data steward - A business user, information worker, or IT professional who improves the quality of data and manages the organization's data quality processes and tasks. The data steward is responsible for improving the reusability, accessibility, and quality of the organization's data assets. The data steward's responsibilities include approving business naming standards, developing consistent data definitions, determining data aliases and derivations, documenting the business rules of the corporation, and monitoring the quality of the data.

[Category=Data Cleansing ]

Source: Microsoft Data Quality Services Data Portability Overview, 28 December 2013 09:26:43, http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh305078(v=sql.105).aspx