<s>
Data	B-General_Concept
administration	I-General_Concept
or	O
data	B-General_Concept
resource	I-General_Concept
management	I-General_Concept
is	O
an	O
organizational	O
function	O
working	O
in	O
the	O
areas	O
of	O
information	O
systems	O
and	O
computer	B-General_Concept
science	I-General_Concept
that	O
plans	O
,	O
organizes	O
,	O
describes	O
and	O
controls	O
data	O
resources	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Data	O
resources	O
are	O
usually	O
stored	O
in	O
databases	B-Application
under	O
a	O
database	B-Application
management	I-Application
system	I-Application
or	O
other	O
software	O
such	O
as	O
electronic	O
spreadsheets	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
many	O
smaller	O
organizations	O
,	O
data	B-General_Concept
administration	I-General_Concept
is	O
performed	O
occasionally	O
,	O
or	O
is	O
a	O
small	O
component	O
of	O
the	O
database	B-General_Concept
administrator	I-General_Concept
’s	O
work	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
context	O
of	O
information	O
systems	B-General_Concept
development	I-General_Concept
,	O
data	B-General_Concept
administration	I-General_Concept
ideally	O
begins	O
at	O
system	O
conception	O
,	O
ensuring	O
there	O
is	O
a	O
data	B-Application
dictionary	I-Application
to	O
help	O
maintain	O
consistency	O
,	O
avoid	O
redundancy	O
,	O
and	O
model	O
the	O
database	O
so	O
as	O
to	O
make	O
it	O
logical	O
and	O
usable	O
,	O
by	O
means	O
of	O
data	B-Application
modeling	I-Application
,	O
including	O
database	B-Application
normalization	I-Application
techniques	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
the	O
Data	O
Management	O
Association	O
(	O
DAMA	O
)	O
,	O
data	B-General_Concept
resource	I-General_Concept
management	I-General_Concept
is	O
"	O
the	O
development	O
and	O
execution	O
of	O
architectures	O
,	O
policies	O
,	O
practices	O
and	O
procedures	O
that	O
properly	O
manage	O
the	O
full	O
data	O
lifecycle	O
needs	O
of	O
an	O
enterprise	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Data	B-General_Concept
Resource	I-General_Concept
management	I-General_Concept
may	O
be	O
thought	O
of	O
as	O
a	O
managerial	O
activity	O
that	O
applies	O
information	O
system	O
and	O
other	O
data	O
management	O
tools	O
to	O
the	O
task	O
of	O
managing	O
an	O
organization	O
’s	O
data	O
resource	O
to	O
meet	O
a	O
company	O
’s	O
business	O
needs	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
information	O
they	O
provide	O
to	O
their	O
shareholders	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
the	O
perspective	O
of	O
database	O
design	O
,	O
it	O
refers	O
to	O
the	O
development	O
and	O
maintenance	O
of	O
data	O
models	O
to	O
facilitate	O
data	B-Application
sharing	I-Application
between	O
different	O
systems	O
,	O
particularly	O
in	O
a	O
corporate	O
context	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Data	B-General_Concept
Resource	I-General_Concept
Management	I-General_Concept
is	O
also	O
concerned	O
with	O
both	O
data	O
quality	O
and	O
compatibility	O
between	O
data	O
models	O
.	O
</s>
