the correctness of data after processing, storage or transmission. e.g. validating data entry of dates to have dd/mm/yyyy so they can be compared and filtered.
ensuring consistency of data, includes pk and fk, data values must, make sense, satisfy all business rules at transaction boundaries, avoid unnecessary duplication.
" We 're making these commitments first and foremost because we think it 's the right thing to do , " company spokesman Michael Mudd said yesterday .