data organization
Systematic information structuring
Data organization is the structuring and arrangement of information for efficient storage, retrieval, and use.
The term applies across contexts—from filing systems and spreadsheets to database architecture: Good data organization makes analysis possible.
Without it, information becomes unwieldy or inaccessible.
The practice encompasses naming conventions, folder hierarchies, categorization schemes, and metadata standards.
- indexingSystematic organization for retrieval
- schemaOrganized representational structure
- folder structureHierarchical file organization system
- fileStored collection of data
- hierarchyRanked authority structure
taxonomy · filing cabinet · partitioning · clustering · deduplication · versioning · ontology · classification · normalization · naming convention · metadata · card catalog · spreadsheet · categorization · master list · list · sorting · sort order