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Province of North Brabant

A Data Governance application for the Province of North Brabant

A Data Governance application for the province of North Brabant

A Data Governance application for the Province of North Brabant

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In brief

Customer

Province of North Brabant

Solution

Data Governance application

Goal

Making the metadata of data assets visible in one place

Data used

Internal provincial data sources

Metadata registers

Documentation from different departments

Existing descriptions

Update frequencies

Responsible owners

Technical characteristics

Provenance information (data lineage)

The project

The province of North Brabant is building a Data Governance application with Clappform that brings all metadata of provincial data assets together in one central place. For each theme or programme, staff can easily see which assets are available, how often they are updated and who to contact with questions or for substantive information.

This creates a complete and current overview of the provincial data landscape, which improves communication about data and makes collaboration between departments more efficient and transparent.

The challenge

Within the province, information about data assets was spread across various departments, documents and systems. There was no central overview, so it was unclear what data was available, how current it was and who staff could turn to with questions. This made collaboration harder and led to inefficient communication around data.

The solution

With the Data Governance application, there is one central place where all metadata of provincial data assets is brought together. Staff can easily see which data belongs to a theme or programme, how often it is updated and who the responsible data manager is.

Users can, among other things:

See which datasets are available and which theme or programme they belong to

Gain insight into how often a dataset is updated

Find out who the responsible data owner, steward or expert is

Trace the origin of data through data lineage, including the impact of changes at a source

Assess data quality based on the checks that have been carried out

Work to a single naming standard when connecting systems and datasets

Contact

Discuss the possibilities

Tom Griffioen, Head of Business & Data at Clappform, will discuss the possibilities in a personal conversation.

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Tom Griffioen

Head of Business & Data