Data Management: Data Stewardship (Definitions)

"Data stewardship is the function that is largely responsible for managing data as an enterprise asset. The data steward is responsible for ensuring that the data provided by the Corporate Information Factory is based on an enterprise view. An individual, a committee, or both may perform data stewardship." (Claudia Imhoff et al, "Mastering Data Warehouse Design", 2003)

"Necessary for resolving conflicts in peer-to-peer replication, data stewardship involves assigning an owner to data that resides on multiple servers and creating rules for how the data should be updated." (Sara Morganand & Tobias Thernstrom , "MCITP Self-Paced Training Kit : Designing and Optimizing Data Access by Using Microsoft SQL Server 2005 - Exam 70-442", 2007)

"An approach to data governance that formalizes accountability for managing information resources on behalf of others and in the best interests of the organization." (Danette McGilvray, "Executing Data Quality Projects", 2008)

"Deals with the ownership and accountability of data, and how people manage the data to the benefit of the organization. Data stewardship functions at two levels - Business Data Stewards deal with the higher-level metadata and governance concerns, while Operational Data Stewards focus primarily on the instances of master data in the enterprise." (Allen Dreibelbis et al, "Enterprise Master Data Management", 2008)

"This is known as a role assigned to a person that is responsible for defining and executing data governance policies." (Martin Oberhofer et al, "The Art of Enterprise Information Architecture", 2010)

"1.The formal, specifically assigned, and entrusted accountability for business (non-technical) responsibilities ensuring effective control and use of data and information resources. 2.The formal accountability for business responsibilities ensuring effective control and use of data assets. (DAMA International, "The DAMA Dictionary of Data Management" 1st Ed., 2011)

"Responsibility and accountability for the actions taken upon a defined set of data, including the definition of the consumers of the data. A data steward is not necessarily the data owner." (Craig S Mullins, "Database Administration: The Complete Guide to DBA Practices and Procedures" 2nd Ed., 2012)