data management

Data management comprises all the disciplines related to managing data as a valuable resource. The official definition provided by DAMA is that "Data Resource Management is the development and execution of architectures, policies, practices and procedures that properly manage the full data lifecycle needs of an enterprise." This definition is fairly broad and encompasses a number of professions which may not have direct technical contact with lower-level aspects of data management, such as relational database management.
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The control of data handling operations--such as acquisition, analysis, translation, coding, storage, retrieval, and distribution of data--but not necessarily the generation and use of data. [From Weik '89]

<language> (DML)
1. Any language for manipulating data or files, e.g. IBM's Distributed Data Management (DDM).
2. An early ALGOL-like language with lists and graphics, that ran on the Honeywell 635.
["DML: A Data Management Language", D.W. Bray et al, GE, Syracuse NY].
(1999-06-07)