{"id":12614,"date":"2012-10-29T15:10:25","date_gmt":"2012-10-29T15:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/data-administration\/"},"modified":"2016-05-18T14:00:19","modified_gmt":"2016-05-18T14:00:19","slug":"data-administration","status":"publish","type":"definition","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/28399\/data-administration","title":{"rendered":"Data Administration"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span id=\"what_does_data_administration_mean\">What Does Data Administration Mean?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Data administration is the process by which data is monitored, maintained and managed by a data administrator and\/or an organization. Data administration allows an organization to control its data assets, as well as their processing and interactions with different applications and business processes. Data administration ensures that the entire life cycle of data use and processing is on par with the enterprise\u2019s objective.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p> Data administration may also be called data resource management.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"techopedia_explains_data_administration\">Techopedia Explains Data Administration<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Data administration typically involves the logical management of data in which the flow of data is analyzed, data models are created and the relationships among them are defined. 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