ISO 8000, Data quality

Data quality

Data are of high quality "if they are fit for their intended uses in operations, decision making and planning" . Alternatively, the data are deemed of high quality if they correctly represent the real-world construct to which they refer...

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 standard under development. It will be published as a number of separate documents, which ISO calls "parts".

ISO 8000 is being developed by ISO technical committee TC 184, Automation systems and integration, sub-committee SC 4, Industrial data

ISO TC 184/SC 4

ISO TC 184/SC 4 is an international standards organization responsible for industrial data. ISO TC 184/SC 4 develops and maintains ISO standards that describe and manage industrial product data throughout the life of the product...

. Like other ISO and IEC

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standards, ISO 8000 is copyrighted and is not freely available.

Published parts

The following part has already been published:

• ISO/TS 8000-100:2009, Data quality — Part 100: Master data: Exchange of characteristic data: Overview
• ISO 8000-102:2009, Data quality — Part 102: Master data: Exchange of characteristic data: Vocabulary
• ISO 8000-110:2009, Data quality — Part 110: Master data: Exchange of characteristic data: Syntax, semantic encoding, and conformance to data specification
• ISO/TS 8000-120:2009, Data quality — Part 120: Master data: Exchange of characteristic data: Provenance
• ISO/TS 8000-130:2009, Data quality — Part 130: Master data: Exchange of characteristic data: Accuracy
• ISO/TS 8000-140:2009, Data quality — Part 140: Master data: Exchange of characteristic data: Completeness

Parts under development

The following parts are currently under development within ISO TC 184/SC 4:

• ISO/TS 8000-1, Data quality — Part 1: Overview, principles and general requirements
• ISO/TS 8000-2, Data quality — Part 2: Vocabulary
• ISO/TS 8000-150, Data quality — Part 150: Master data: Quality management framework

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