Joseph VemqashiChief Data Officer · Essays & perspective

Joseph Vemqashi / Chief Data Officer

The objects and uncertainties behind an orderly catalogue

Perspectives from a life in leadership.

The archive.

Music identity and data modelling

  1. Music identity and data modelling5 min read

    Fewer catalogue rows can mean that the model has lost the music

    A consolidation I approved removed distinctions between recordings. The useful question was what survived the merge, not how much smaller the output became.

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Permission evidence and service responsibility

  1. Permission evidence and service responsibility5 min read

    A filled permission field can conceal an unresolved decision

    Overlapping claims made a catalogue look complete while leaving its proposed use unsettled. The data team's contribution was to preserve the question and its proper decision owner.

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Language metadata and product judgement

  1. Language metadata and product judgement5 min read

    A language filter should not force the catalogue to invent certainty

    One language, several languages, instrumental material and an unknown state are different descriptions. A convenient screen should not erase the distinctions specialists need to make.

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