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e enterprise must establish the initial common vocabulary for the business. e defi-
nitions will be used uniformly throughout the enterprise.
Whenever a new data definition is required, the definition effort will be coordinated and
reconciled with the corporate “glossary” of data descriptions. e Enterprise Data
Administrator will provide this coordination.
Ambiguities resulting from multiple parochial definitions of data must give way to
accepted enterprisewide definitions and understanding.
Multiple data standardization initiatives need to be coordinated.
Functional data administration responsibilities must be assigned.
14. Principle: Data security
Statement: Data is protected from unauthorized use and disclosure. ...