timrdf/DataFAQs — Issue #29: How Fitness-for-use Determines Data Quality
Author: olyerickson
Created: 2012-01-27 19:23:37+00:00
State: open

I'm wondering if you've considered Arthur Chapman's thoughts about the role fitness-for-use should play in the evaluation of data quality. In his 2005 white paper Principles of Data Quality [1] Chapman enumerated a set of ten factors that contribute to fitness-for-use, citing Redman[2]:

Accessibility

Accuracy

Timeliness

Completeness

Consistency with other sources

Relevance

Comprehensiveness

Providing a proper level of detail

Easy to “read”

Easy to “interpret”

I'm wondering if it would be helpful to categorize your "Data Quality" considerations by these factors...

For more discussion see also my blog post, Data Quality is in its Fitness to the Beholder (2010)

Chapman, A. D. 2005. Principles of Data Quality, version 1.0. Report for the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, Copenhagen.

Redman, T.C. 2001. Data Quality: The Field Guide. Boston, MA: Digital Press.