Title: A Swiss army knife approach to DQ assessments

Authors: V. Cotik, P. Lujan, D. Scotton, D. Yankelevich

Addresses: Pragma Consultores, San Martin 575 2 Piso, (C1004AAK) Buenos Aires, Argentina. ' Pragma Consultores, San Martin 575 2 Piso, (C1004AAK) Buenos Aires, Argentina. ' Pragma Consultores, San Martin 575 2 Piso, (C1004AAK) Buenos Aires, Argentina. ' Pragma Consultores, San Martin 575 2 Piso, (C1004AAK) Buenos Aires, Argentina

Abstract: The use of tools in data and information quality diagnosis and improvement projects is desirable to automate clerical tasks and in some cases it is mandatory to be effective. In this work we present a toolkit that we developed in the context of the NEAT methodology, that provides a systematic way of assessing Data Quality. The novelty of the proposal is given by the construction of many independent single-purpose tools, which are combined into a powerful kit, and its insertion in the context of a methodology that follows the best practices accepted in the community. We also present the outcome of its use in actual projects.

Keywords: information quality; tools; NEAT methodology; data quality toolkit; DQT; Swiss army knife; DQ assessments.

DOI: 10.1504/IJIQ.2007.014606

International Journal of Information Quality, 2007 Vol.1 No.2, pp.145 - 161

Published online: 18 Jul 2007 *

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