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Data governance

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Data governance is the organizational practice of managing data used in a stated AI context, including collection, origin, preparation, suitability, possible bias examination, and lifecycle traceability.

Review status: 2027-02-24

Technical explanation

It makes data collection, origin, preparation, assumptions, suitability, possible bias examination, and traceability inspectable for the stated context.

Conceptual boundaries

Data governance is not dataset documentation alone, a database feature alone, or a guarantee that data are accurate, fair, lawful, or private.

Provider-neutral example

Before using training data in a model workflow, a team can record its origin and preparation, state what it is intended to represent, assess its suitability, and examine relevant possible bias.

Limitations

Traceability supports analysis and accountability but does not prove that particular data are accurate, fair, lawful, or private.

Related concepts

Atomic claims and evidence

  1. 1.1Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (Artificial Intelligence Act), consolidated text of 27 July 2026 — D5 instrument slice
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    Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (Artificial Intelligence Act), consolidated text of 27 July 2026 — D5 instrument slice
    Source role
    Authoritative source
    Exact locator
    Article 10(1)-(2), consolidated text of 27 July 2026
    Supported claim
    For high-risk AI systems using data to train models, the EU AI Act requires data governance and management practices appropriate to intended purpose, including collection, origin, preparation, assumptions, suitability, and possible bias examination.
    Last verification
    Review due
    Scope limitation
    This is an EU instrument-specific requirement for the stated high-risk systems, not a complete general definition of data governance.
    1.2OECD AI Principles
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    OECD AI Principles
    Source role
    Authoritative source
    Exact locator
    Accountability
    Supported claim
    For high-risk AI systems using data to train models, the EU AI Act requires data governance and management practices appropriate to intended purpose, including collection, origin, preparation, assumptions, suitability, and possible bias examination.
    Last verification
    Review due
    Scope limitation
    This is an EU instrument-specific requirement for the stated high-risk systems, not a complete general definition of data governance.
    1.3European Commission, AI Act regulatory framework
    Source
    European Commission, AI Act regulatory framework
    Source role
    Supplementary source
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    High risk, supplementary summary
    Supported claim
    For high-risk AI systems using data to train models, the EU AI Act requires data governance and management practices appropriate to intended purpose, including collection, origin, preparation, assumptions, suitability, and possible bias examination.
    Last verification
    Review due
    Scope limitation
    This is an EU instrument-specific requirement for the stated high-risk systems, not a complete general definition of data governance.
  2. 2.1OECD AI Principles
    Source
    OECD AI Principles
    Source role
    Authoritative source
    Exact locator
    Accountability
    Supported claim
    The OECD AI Principles call for traceability in relation to datasets, processes, and decisions during the AI system lifecycle as appropriate to context.
    Last verification
    Review due
    Scope limitation
    Traceability supports analysis and accountability; it does not prove that a particular dataset is accurate, lawful, fair, or private.
    2.2Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (Artificial Intelligence Act), consolidated text of 27 July 2026 — D5 instrument slice
    Source
    Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (Artificial Intelligence Act), consolidated text of 27 July 2026 — D5 instrument slice
    Source role
    Authoritative source
    Exact locator
    Article 10(2)(b)-(e), consolidated text of 27 July 2026
    Supported claim
    The OECD AI Principles call for traceability in relation to datasets, processes, and decisions during the AI system lifecycle as appropriate to context.
    Last verification
    Review due
    Scope limitation
    Traceability supports analysis and accountability; it does not prove that a particular dataset is accurate, lawful, fair, or private.