Information governance rules
An information governance rule is a natural-language description of the criteria that are used to determine whether information assets are compliant with business objectives.
When you create an information governance rule, you give it a name and a text description. You can also specify referencing information governance policies, assigned assets, stewards, and other properties of the rule. An information governance rule can be referenced by zero, one or multiple information governance policies.
Information governance rules can be associated with other information
assets in several ways:
- Implemented by
- Information governance rules can be used as specifications for data governance operational rules. If an information governance rule is implemented by an asset, the asset performs an action that is specified by the rule. For example, an information governance rule might be implemented by an IBM® InfoSphere® Information Analyzer data rule or an IBM InfoSphere DataStage® job.
- Governs
- If an information governance rule governs an asset, the asset behaves or should behave as specified by the information governance rule. Assets that are governed by information governance rules are typically data sources. For example, an information governance rule can govern a database table. Terms can also be designated as governed assets. For example a rule named "ensure income meets minimum level" might govern a term called "income."
- Related rules
- An information governance rule can be related to one or more other information governance rules. For example, you might create a rule named "valid address" that is related to another rule named "valid city name." Related rule relationships are bidirectional. For example, if you specify that the rule "valid address" is related to the rule "valid city name," then "valid city name" is automatically related to "valid address."
The assets that can be associated with information governance rules can be assets in the metadata repository or external assets, including links to assets in other applications.