Definition

Quality Indicator: A quality indicator shall provide sufficient information to allow all users to readily evaluate the “fitness for purpose” of the data or derived product. A Quality Indicator may be a number, set of numbers, graph, uncertainty budget, or a simple “flag”.

Comments

Quality Information: Secondary data required to assess the primary data set’s fitness for purpose, e.g. calibration and validation data and quality control results.

Source

CEOS EO Data Stewardship Glossary

NESDIS Data Management Lexicon and Related Terms 

Category

4. Data Stewardship words