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title: "Data contracts must be owned by the data producer"
date: 2024-01-21
categories: ["Data Contracts"]
source: https://andrew-jones.com/daily/2024-01-21-data-contracts-must-be-owned-by-the-data-producer/
---

# Data contracts must be owned by the data producer

The data contract **must** be owned by the data producer.

Only they have the full context on the data, what it's purpose is, and its limitations.

Only they have the ability to change the data and improve its quality.

There's nothing we can do downstream from the data producer to make the data more complete, more correct, more timely.

We're bounded by how the data was generated at *source*, by the data producers.