A process for ensuring a cohesive data architecture, data standards, and for facilitating appropriate access to institutional data. Senior Princeton University employees with planning and policy level responsibility who are accountable for ensuring the appropriate use of the data within their purview. These systems are the primary source of institutional data accessible to authorized operational users. Principles Institutional data is owned by the university, and each authorized user of this data is responsible and held accountable for its appropriate use. Princeton University maximizes the use of electronic data collection and transfer.
Institutional data is entered once, from a point as close to the information source as possible.
To ensure cross-system shareability and consistency, common data is available from authorized source databases that utilize consistent data definitions and business rules. The primary electronic source for institutional data is specific operational systems. These responsibilities include ensuring the quality, security, timely accessibility to authorized users, and preservation of institutional data. Current roles and responsibilities for data management will remain unchanged until the common data and source databases are identified and new applications are introduced which offer opportunities for more effective data capture and workflow.