The life cycle is a key concept of data governance: it tells you how far along an object is, from its creation to the moment it becomes obsolete. DataGalaxy handles it through governance statuses, which show the progress of the object's creation.
Why does the life cycle matter?
Tracking the life cycle of your objects lets you:
- Distinguish between recognized information and information in the state of creation
- Ensure that all the necessary information on an object is available
- Identify reliable elements
- Validate information
What are the types of status?
5 statuses are managed by the platform:
- Proposed: corresponds to the object creation
- In revision: corresponds to an object under review or correction
- In validation: corresponds to an object in validation
- Validated: corresponds to an object validated by its owners or administrators
- Obsolete: corresponds to an obsolete object
The status change is not unidirectional: a validated status can be downgraded to the revision status.
Status changes do not result in notifications to the owners of the object.
With the new user access control, the matrix of rights according to status no longer applies. You can create access control rules by referring to "Manage users' access rights" or to the "FAQ: Access rights management", both in the Administer section.