Data Requirements

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A data requirement is a prescribed directive or consensual agreement that defines the content and/or structure that constitute high quality data instances and values. The following table contains different types of data requirements that can be expressed via the [http://semwebquality.org/ontologies/dq-constraints# DQ-Constraint Library] or the [http://purl.org/dqm-vocabulary/v1/dqm# DQM-Vocabulary].
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!Data Quality Rule   
 
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![http://semwebquality.org/ontologies/dq-constraints# DQ-Constraint Lib] for [http://spinrdf.org SPIN]
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|Mandatory Property and Literal Rules  
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|'''Mandatory Property and Literal Rules'''
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|Properties and their literals become  
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|Properties and their literals become mandatory, if the data is required for the task at hand.  
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mandatory, if the data is required for the  
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|The properties indicating the geographical coordinates must exist and have values for all instances of the class foo:Location to be able to navigate to each location.  
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task at hand.  
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|[[dqc:MissingElementConstraints]]
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|The properties indicating the  
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[[dqc:FunctionalDependentEmptyValueAll]]
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geographical coordinates must exist  
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|[[dqm:PropertyCompletenessRule]]
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and have values for all instances of the  
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[[dqm:ConditionalPropertyCompletenessRule]]
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class foo:Location to be able to  
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navigate to each location.  
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|Syntactic Rules
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|Syntactic rules define the type of  
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|Syntactic rules define the type of characters and/or the pattern of literal values.   
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characters and/or the pattern of literal  
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|Literal values for the property foo:country-name must only contain letters.  
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values.   
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|[[dqc:SyntaxConstraints]]
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|Literal values for the property  
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foo:country-name must only  
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|Functional Dependency Rules  
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|'''Functional Dependency Rules'''
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|Functional dependencies are  
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|Functional dependencies are dependencies between the values of two or more different properties.  
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dependencies between the values of two  
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|The literal value for foo:city is always dependent to the literal value for foo:country, since certain city names only exist in certain countries.
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or more different properties.  
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|[[dqc:FunctionalDependencyConstraints]]
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|The literal value for foo:city is  
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|[[dqm:FuncDepValueRule]]
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always dependent to the literal value  
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[[dqm:FuncDepReferenceRule]]
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for foo:country, since certain city  
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[[dqm:CustomRequirement]]
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names only exist in certain countries.  
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|Legal Value Rules   
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|'''Legal Value Rules'''  
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|Legal value rules are the explicit  
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|Legal value rules are the explicit definition of the allowed values for a certain property.  
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definition of the allowed values for a  
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|The property foo:gender must only contain the values “male”, “female”, “m”, or “f”.  
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certain property.  
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|[[dqc:LegalValueConstraints]]
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|The property foo:gender must only  
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“m”, or “f”.  
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|Legal Value Range Rules  
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|'''Legal Value Range Rules'''
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|Legal value range rules are the explicit  
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|Legal value range rules are the explicit definition of the allowed value range for properties holding numerical values. A value range contains an upper and/or lower limit.  
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definition of the allowed value range for  
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|The property foo:population must only contain values greater than zero.
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properties holding numerical values. A  
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|[[dqc:ValueRangeConstraints]]
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value range contains an upper and/or  
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lower limit.  
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|The property foo:population  
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must only contain values greater than  
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zero.  
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|Illegal Value Rules   
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|'''Illegal Value Rules'''  
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|Illegal value rules are the explicit  
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|Illegal value rules are the explicit definition of the values that may not be assigned to a certain property.  
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definition of the values that may not be  
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|The property foo:gender may never contain the value “mail”.  
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assigned to a certain property.  
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|[[dqc:LegalValueConstraints]]
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|The property foo:gender may never  
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contain the value “mail”.  
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|Illegal Value Range Rules  
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|'''Illegal Value Range Rules'''
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|Illegal value range rules are the explicit  
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|Illegal value range rules are the explicit definition of prohibited value ranges for properties holding numerical values. A value range contains an upper and/or lower limit.  
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definition of prohibited value ranges for  
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|The property foo:population must not contain values less than one.
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properties holding numerical values. A  
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|[[dqc:ValueRangeConstraints]]
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value range contains an upper and/or  
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lower limit.  
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|The property foo:population  
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must not contain values less than one.  
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|Unique Value Rules
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|'''Unique Value Rules'''
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|Unique value rules define properties that  
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|Unique value rules define properties that may contain each literal value not more than once within a defined collection of values.  
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may contain each literal value not more  
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|Each value for property foo:ISBN in instances of class foo:Book may not occur more than once.  
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than once within a defined collection of  
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|[[dqc:UniquenessConstraints]]
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values.  
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|[[dqm:UniqueValueRule]]
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|Each value for property foo:ISBN in  
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instances of class foo:Book may not  
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occur more than once.
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|Outdated Value Rules
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|'''Outdated Value Rules'''
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|Outdated value rules are rules that  
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|Outdated value rules are rules that identify instances that represent an outdated state of the corresponding real world entity.  
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identify instances that represent an  
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|Instances of the class foo:Offer are outdated, if its value for foo:validThrough is elder than the current date and time.  
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outdated state of the corresponding real  
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world entity.  
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|[[dqm:UpdateRule]]
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|Instances of the class foo:Offer are  
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[[dqm:ExpiryRule]]
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outdated, if its value for foo:validThrough is elder than  
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the current date and time.  
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|'''Duplicate Instance Rules'''
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Latest revision as of 20:46, 10 October 2011

This site is currently under construction!

A data requirement is a prescribed directive or consensual agreement that defines the content and/or structure that constitute high quality data instances and values. The following table contains different types of data requirements that can be expressed via the DQ-Constraint Library or the DQM-Vocabulary.


Types of Data Requirements
Data Quality Rule Definition Example DQ-Constraint Lib for SPIN DQM-Vocabulary
Mandatory Property and Literal Rules Properties and their literals become mandatory, if the data is required for the task at hand. The properties indicating the geographical coordinates must exist and have values for all instances of the class foo:Location to be able to navigate to each location. dqc:MissingElementConstraints

dqc:FunctionalDependentEmptyValueAll

dqm:PropertyCompletenessRule

dqm:ConditionalPropertyCompletenessRule

Syntactic Rules Syntactic rules define the type of characters and/or the pattern of literal values. Literal values for the property foo:country-name must only contain letters. dqc:SyntaxConstraints dqm:SyntaxRule

dqm:ConditionalSyntaxRule

Functional Dependency Rules Functional dependencies are dependencies between the values of two or more different properties. The literal value for foo:city is always dependent to the literal value for foo:country, since certain city names only exist in certain countries. dqc:FunctionalDependencyConstraints dqm:FuncDepValueRule

dqm:FuncDepReferenceRule dqm:CustomRequirement

Legal Value Rules Legal value rules are the explicit definition of the allowed values for a certain property. The property foo:gender must only contain the values “male”, “female”, “m”, or “f”. dqc:LegalValueConstraints dqm:LegalValueRule
Legal Value Range Rules Legal value range rules are the explicit definition of the allowed value range for properties holding numerical values. A value range contains an upper and/or lower limit. The property foo:population must only contain values greater than zero. dqc:ValueRangeConstraints dqm:LegalValueRangeRule
Illegal Value Rules Illegal value rules are the explicit definition of the values that may not be assigned to a certain property. The property foo:gender may never contain the value “mail”. dqc:LegalValueConstraints dqm:IllegalValueRule
Illegal Value Range Rules Illegal value range rules are the explicit definition of prohibited value ranges for properties holding numerical values. A value range contains an upper and/or lower limit. The property foo:population must not contain values less than one. dqc:ValueRangeConstraints dqm:IllegalValueRangeRule
Unique Value Rules Unique value rules define properties that may contain each literal value not more than once within a defined collection of values. Each value for property foo:ISBN in instances of class foo:Book may not occur more than once. dqc:UniquenessConstraints dqm:UniqueValueRule
Outdated Value Rules Outdated value rules are rules that identify instances that represent an outdated state of the corresponding real world entity. Instances of the class foo:Offer are outdated, if its value for foo:validThrough is elder than the current date and time. Not covered yet dqm:UpdateRule

dqm:ExpiryRule

Duplicate Instance Rules Not covered yet dqm:DuplicateInstanceRule
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