What is institutional data?
According to Indiana University's Management of Institutional Data (DM-01) policy, the term "institutional data" applies to any information (regardless of form, location, or unit) that satisfies at least one 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 Work” under the Intellectual Property Policy UA-05; or
It is used to derive any data element that meets the above criteria.