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Information quality decay - The characteristic of data such that formerly accurate data will become not accurate over time because the characteristic about the real world object will change without a corresponding update to the data applied. For example, John Doe's marital status value of "single" in a database is subject to information quality decay and will become inaccurate the moment he becomes married.
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Source: Larry English, http://www.iaidq.com/main/glossary.shtml , 30-Jan-2009 10:07
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