"Entity resolution and information quality"-2.1.9 information Quality (IQ) and entity resolution (ER)

The most direct link between IQ and ER is the entity reference preparation process (ERA2) discussed in the first chapter. But IQ and ER are also related in other ways. Er processes are always part of IP creation, and the effectiveness of ER processes directly affects the quality of IP. In some cases, the ER process is where the company provides their ER and CDI services to their customers as the IP of the product. More often, er will be an intermediate process for integration of Entity Data (EBDI), EBDI is the topic discussed in detail in the fourth chapter. This will result in a feedback loop that improves data quality input in an ER process to produce high-quality information products, in turn the high-quality inputs for continuous processing, some of which may also be steps in the ER process.

Another obvious but equally important link is the growing recognition that information is used as a corporate asset. However, even in the case of an enterprise adopting this view, it is sometimes considered to be a replaceable asset, an asset that can be easily exchanged or replaced with something similar. Robinson (2010) discussed when data is considered a replaceable asset, the data quality is compromised because the data is not replaceable. A customer or product record cannot be replaced with something else. A distinctive feature of non-replaceable assets is that they have a personal identity authentication, which makes the entity and authentication resolution A critical process in the IQ management system.

"Entity resolution and information quality"-2.1.9 information Quality (IQ) and entity resolution (ER)