UW-Madison staff will have access to the Institutional Data that they need to do their jobs well. Access to Institutional Data is provided only for legitimate applications related to University business. The University owns all Institutional Data. Individual persons, however, have custodian responsibilities for portions of the data. The definition and notes in this section are based in part on the standing, though not generally well-known, University policies on access to Institutional Data.
Network object A networked device, application, process or information resource.
Principal A person, process or device seeking access to a network object . Profile data Data that describes the attributes of principals and network objects relevant to authentication and authorization . Key elements of profile data may be based on Institutional Data . The Institutional Data needed for profile data must be provided in institutionally specified formats accessed by uniform and well-defined IT processes. This explicitly allows for principals from outside the University proper.