Users of the data are responsible for complying with such policies if access is granted. Data integrity is the responsibility of every data provider, custodian, steward, and user. The primary responsibility for data integrity lies with the data steward. Quality assurance in development and maintenance, in particular rigorous testing, is required. However, everyone who provides or uses data is expected to use procedures and feedback that contribute to accuracy and consistency.
Information is a campus asset.
At the same time, these assets must be protected from misuse. Similarly, information has value only when it is used, and it needs to be protected. Systems are designed, implemented, and maintained with access and data security as imperatives. Units responsible for collecting and managing campus data may have stewardship responsibilities assigned to them as well. Stewarding data as a campus asset means not only acting as custodian but promoting data use and actively converting data into information.