Tietopohjan
Tietopohjan is a concept in information management referring to a structured repository intended to support decision-making, analysis, and knowledge sharing within organizations. It aggregates data, documents, processes, and expert knowledge into a coherent reference source.
Its typical components include data stores, metadata schemas, search and discovery tools, versioning and provenance mechanisms,
Architecturally, a Tietopohjan can be centralized, federated, or hybrid. Effective designs use controlled vocabularies, taxonomies, and
Governance covers data quality, stewardship, data lifecycle management, privacy, and regulatory compliance. Roles such as data
Applications span research support, policy development, service design, and customer-facing operations. A well-maintained Tietopohjan enables searchability,
In Finnish use, tietopohja refers broadly to a knowledge base or data foundation; the possessive form Tietopohjan