Definition: Data validation

Category: Metadata

Process which ensures the correspondence of the final (published) data with a number of quality characteristics. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/methodology_for_data_validation_v2_0_rev2018.pdf
Source:
Simon A., "Definition of validation levels and other related concepts", quoted in Eurostat, "Methodology for data validation 2.0 (Revised edition 2018)", Luxembourg, 2018
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