What is institutional data?
According to Indiana University's Management of Institutional Data (DM-01) policy, the term "institutional data (or information)" is data in any form, location, or unit that meets one or more of the following criteria:
- It is subject to a legal obligation requiring the university to responsibly manage the data;
- It is substantive and relevant to the planning, managing, operating, documenting, staffing or auditing of one or more major administrative functions or multiple organizational units of the university;
- It is included in an official university report;
- It is clinical data or research data that meets the definition of “University Intellectual Property” under Intellectual Property Policies UA-23 and UA-24; or
- It is used to derive any data element that meets the above criteria.