Resource Description Framework (RDF), a common framework used to describe information about any Web resource, is a standard model for data interchange in the Web.
The goals of implementing best practices around document and content management include:
SPARC published their three-schema approach to database management. The three key components were:
With reliable Metadata an organization does not know what data it has, what the data represents and how it moves through the systems, who has access to it, or what it means for the data to be of high quality.
Layers of data governance are often part of the solution. This means determining where accountability should reside for stewardship activities and who the owners of the data are.