Athletic Award Reference Data Management Policy: Standardize Teams, Seasons, and Titles
An athletic award reference data management policy defines the approved, standardized values for the descriptive data that frames every award record — the team name, the season label, the award title, the classification or division, and the sport category. Without a formal policy, these values drift: one database records “Boys Varsity Basketball,” another records “Men’s Basketball,” and a third records “BV Basketball.” The records describe the same program, but they cannot be searched, merged, or displayed consistently because the reference data was never standardized.
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