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The data dictionary contains the database’s metadata, so it is also called metadata
repository. To learn more about how to build your data dictionary, you can check this
resource of the El Grito Toolkit created by Witness.org.
Training
The network is always as weak as the weakest link, so be sure that every member of the
network understands the common project. Training is the best way to eliminate the
misinterpretation mistakes that could jeopardize the reliability of our data.
Be sure that everyone understands what we need to collect and how to do it, as well as
how every specific action will contribute to the general goal of the network. The thesauri
and the data dictionary are very sensitive elements, so we should dedicate specific training
sessions for them.
We should expect different levels of data and tech savviness among the network members,
so training is essential to put everyone on the same step. Investing time and resources in
training will save us a lot of headaches in the future.
Security and access control
As we have seen, security threats are always bigger if more people are involved in sensitive
information management. If we are going to grant access to every network member, we
need to define roles and translate them into different access levels and permissions to
view, edit, add or delete records. These kinds of permissions are normally conditioned by
the user access level and the information sensitivity degree.
As a network, we should also reflect on data ownership and we need to put crystal clear
who owns each piece of data and what is the data use policy, that is to say, what members
can do with data or what can be done on behalf of the network.
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