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The Information Quality of Databases

The Information Quality of Databases

InduShobha Chengalur-Smith, M. Pamela Neely, Thomas Tribunella
Copyright: © 2005 |Pages: 5
ISBN13: 9781591405603|ISBN10: 1591405602|EISBN13: 9781591407959
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-560-3.ch048
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Chengalur-Smith, InduShobha, et al. "The Information Quality of Databases." Encyclopedia of Database Technologies and Applications, edited by Laura C. Rivero, et al., IGI Global, 2005, pp. 281-285. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-560-3.ch048

APA

Chengalur-Smith, I., Neely, M. P., & Tribunella, T. (2005). The Information Quality of Databases. In L. Rivero, J. Doorn, & V. Ferraggine (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Database Technologies and Applications (pp. 281-285). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-560-3.ch048

Chicago

Chengalur-Smith, InduShobha, M. Pamela Neely, and Thomas Tribunella. "The Information Quality of Databases." In Encyclopedia of Database Technologies and Applications, edited by Laura C. Rivero, Jorge Horacio Doorn, and Viviana E. Ferraggine, 281-285. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2005. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-560-3.ch048

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Abstract

A database is only as good as the data in it. Transaction-processing systems and decision-support systems provide data for strategic planning and operations. Thus, it is important to not only recognize the quality of information in databases, but also to deal with it. Research in information quality has addressed the issues of defining, measuring and improving quality in databases; commercial tools have been created to automate the process of cleaning and correcting data; and new laws have been created that deal with the fallout of poor information quality. These issues will be discussed in the next sections.

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