Gregory SadyalundaProject Manager
IP Office Business Solutions Division (IPOBSD)
WIPO REGIONAL TRAINING WORKSHOP ON IP DATA VALIDATION, VERIFICATION
AND EXCHANGE
DATA VALIDATION AND VERIFICATION USING IPOBSD’S TOOLS
DataQualityViciousCycle
WhatisDataVerification?
• Checkforspellingmistakes
• Checkfordatathathasnotbeenenteredcorrectly
• Checkthatalldatahasbeenenteredandnothingismissing
Whydoyoucheckthedata?
CausesofDataQualityProblems
BuildingtheBest&ReliableIPDatabase
BestPractices– IPASDataCapture
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WhatisDataProfiling?
• Theuseofanalyticaltechniquesondataforthepurposeofdevelopingathoroughknowledgeofitscontent,structureandquality.
• Aprocessofdevelopinginformationaboutdatainsteadofinformationfromdata.
WhatisDataProfiling?InformationAboutData:(DataProfiling)
• 70%ofapplicantsaddresseshavenocityname• therangeofvaluesinfileseriesis1900to2099• thereare1500fileswithinMigratedStatus• thereare2000filesmissingfromthesystem
InformationFROMData:(notDataProfiling)
• TexasautobuyersbuymoreCadillacs percapitathananyotherstate• Theaveragemortgageamountincreasedlastyearby6%• 10%oflastyear'scustomersdidnotbuyanythingthisyear
Alldatawhenitisinitiallyenteredintothesystemshouldbecheckedforerrorssothatbaddatadoesnotgetputontopermanentdiskfiles.Remembertherule:"Garbagein,garbageout!"ThisprocessoferrorcheckingiscalledVALIDATINGOREDITING.
In this systems flowchart, I am showing data being entered from a screen. The validate/edit program is checking the data. Data that passes the tests will be written on the good transaction file. Data that contains errors are written to the screen. Other methodologies will be shown on the next few slides.
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