rougail/docs/structured_data/data_integrity.rst

Data integrity
===============

Data integrity refers to the fact that data must be reliable and accurate throughout its lifecycle.

This means that the value must be:

- of high quality
- appropriate to the overall context

Isolated variable
-----------------

Data quality
~~~~~~~~~~~~

The values of the variables must be individually of good quality.

.. toctree::
   :titlesonly:
   
   typing
   variable_validation

Access control
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. toctree::
   :titlesonly:
   
   mode
   variable_properties

Overall coherence
-----------------


Consistency
~~~~~~~~~~~

.. glossary::

   consistency

       Consistency corresponds to what current market tools offer; 
       first it is a typed base validation, and then it is a schema-based validation.

       For example, if a minimum value and then a maximum value are requested, 
       the minimum must be lesser than the maximum.

   conherence

       An isolated variable can be considered to be of quality 
       but become inconsistent depending on the context.
       
       Overall coherence is initially managed by personalized validators 
       which will validate the value of a variable in relation to others.

Context access control
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Access control occurs as soon as an attempt is made to access a variable.

Remember, we talked about the :ref:`hidden variable <hidden>` and :ref:`disabled variable <disabled>` variables.

These properties become fully meaningful when managing overall consistency.

Why ask for the domain name of a service if we haven't activated that service just before?