1.2: Enrichment
Enrich the Inventory over time by improving the quality of metadata describing each data asset. Other Information:
Enrich: To improve the discoverability, management, and re-usability of data assets, agencies should enrich the Inventory
over time by improving the quality of metadata describing each data asset. For example, agencies may: * increase the number
of keyword tags, * clarify descriptions of data, or * add additional metadata fields consistent with existing communities
of practice or use cases. Project Open Data provides metadata requirements, additional optional metadata fields, and examples
of metadata areas (see Appendix for examples). To improve the management of IT systems through the Inventory, agencies are
encouraged to include the Primary Related IT Investment Unique Investment Identifier (UII) as a metadata field. As they work
to enrich data assets, agencies should carefully weigh the potential value of efforts to improve data description or increase
the number of metadata fields against the potential associated burden. Agencies should work to avoid the risk of duplicative
metadata and work toward adopting uniform schema. To that end, agencies should draw on the expertise of existing communities
of practice [^8], review standard taxonomies [^9], and coordinate across the government to harmonize definitions when adopting
additional metadata fields. Example ways to evaluate "Enrich" maturity: How has the agency improved the quality of metadata
for each record? Are effective keywords and clear language used in data descriptions? Are additional metadata fields applying
best practices from Project Open Data? Has the agency developed policies and procedures for populating these fields consistently?
Has the agency linked the Inventory to federal IT management by including the Primary Related IT Investment Unique Investment
Identifier (UII)?*
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