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MARAIS DONNEES [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2025-02-06
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Data Banks and Databases
- Information Processing (Informatics)
- Artificial Intelligence
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- data swamp
1, record 1, English, data%20swamp
correct, noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A data lake that is unusable due to poor design, inadequate documentation or bad maintenance. 2, record 1, English, - data%20swamp
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Data swamps have no curation, including little to no active management throughout the data life cycle and little to no contextual metadata and data governance. Data swamps have the problem of being of little use or unusable and frustrating. 3, record 1, English, - data%20swamp
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Banques et bases de données
- Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
- Intelligence artificielle
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- marécage de données
1, record 1, French, mar%C3%A9cage%20de%20donn%C3%A9es
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- marais de données 2, record 1, French, marais%20de%20donn%C3%A9es
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Lac de données qui est devenu inexploitable. 3, record 1, French, - mar%C3%A9cage%20de%20donn%C3%A9es
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Tout comme certains entrepôts de données sont devenus de gigantesques trous noirs desquels de vastes quantités de données ne s'échappent jamais, un lac de données peut vite se transformer en un marécage de données si des politiques de gouvernance appropriées ne sont pas appliquées. 4, record 1, French, - mar%C3%A9cage%20de%20donn%C3%A9es
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Un marécage de données est le plus souvent le résultat d'une insuffisance des moyens consacrés à la gestion d'un lac de données. 3, record 1, French, - mar%C3%A9cage%20de%20donn%C3%A9es
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS
marécage de données; marais de données : termes et définition publiés au Journal officiel de la République française le 24 mars 2023. 5, record 1, French, - mar%C3%A9cage%20de%20donn%C3%A9es
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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