Data Owner or Data Steward - What is the difference?
Cloudera Octopai Knowledge Hub provides a centralized repository for storing and managing data metadata, which helps to ensure that both data owners and data stewards have the information they need to do their jobs effectively.
In Cloudera Octopai Knowledge Hub, both data owners and data stewards are important roles in the data governance process.
Additionally, Cloudera Octopai Knowledge Hub provides a number of features that help to improve data quality, such as data lineage and data profiling.
These features can help data owners and data stewards to identify and resolve data quality issues, which ultimately helps to improve the overall quality of the data.
The following table summarizes the key differences between data owners and data stewards:
| Data Owner | Data Steward |
|---|---|
| Accountable for the data's quality, accuracy, and compliance. | Responsible for the day-to-day management of the data. |
| Has a deep understanding of the business context of the data. | Works with data owners to ensure that the data is properly classified, stored, and protected. |
| Resolves data quality issues. | Promotes the use of the data across the organization. |
| Provides the strategic direction for data management. | Ensures that the data is managed in a way that meets the needs of the organization. |
