Definition

Individuals who are responsible for establishing, maintaining, and being accountable for the quality, integrity, documentation, and preservation of environmental data. This responsibility extends from the Assistant Administrator down to the individuals who are most directly involved with the environmental data.

Source

NOAA Data Management Planning Procedural Directive, Version 2.0.1, Environmental Data Management Committee[2]; NOAA Administrative Order 212-15[5]

NESDIS Data Management Lexicon and Related Terms 

Category

4. Data Stewardship words