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High quality data governance comes from a combined top-down and bottom-up approach said Open Data Australia founder and CEO, Jamie Leach. Leach, who is also the regional director of global not for profit FDATA told Digital Nation Australia that a common misconception about data is that it’s the responsibility of only coders and mathematicians. “People think hardcore data scientists are all mathematics majors that can code and create these really massive algorithmic sets. That is not the case.” According to Leach, data governance can start with actions as simple as naming conventions, file storage, file sharing and understanding the difference between servers and the cloud. “I believe that every single person in an organisation should have a part to play in the role of data. If you're just leaving it to a governance executive, you've really left it too late,” she said. While in the past, data governance was left to a single manager often working alongside compliance, she says that in order to raise the quality of the data, each individual must be accountable to their role in the process.
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