These data management roles help us manage responsibility and authority regarding institutional data.
| Role |
Overview of Responsibilities |
| Steward |
- Define terms in the Business Glossary
- Approve the meaning of data
- Monitor consistent usage of data terms
- See all Steward duties
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| Trustee |
- Create data access rules
- Arbitrate ad hoc data access requests
- Manage risk and exposure of data
- See all Trustee duties
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| Custodian |
- Manage technical environment where data resides
- Ensure safe custody, transport, and storage of data
- Implement access policies
- Provide copies of data according to policies defined by owners
- See all Custodian duties
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| Architect |
- Lead the processes by which business terms are defined, recorded, and linked to data collections
- Serve as a resource to role holders
- See all Architect duties
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| Data User |
- Know the security classifications of the data in use
- Follow security policies when sending, saving, or deleting data
- Create copies of data only by permission of the custodian or owner
- Understand up-stream and down-stream implications of creating a variant of a conformed business term for local use
NOTE: these apply to both Super Users (create reports and analyze data) and Casual Users (consume data reports or use dashboards) |
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