opschonen van data

13:11 May 22, 2012 

Sorry about the typo...

12:56 May 22, 2012 

My first question and it works like a charm. Never expected so many usefull responses in such a short time. I was really happy with purging (that was the word in the back of my head) untill Michael's remark. Now I'm not so sure.
Maintenance is more the day-to-day activities. This is a special situation where you remove redundant data, or data with a particular status before uploading into the new system. A one-time action.
I guess the choice is between cleansing and clean up. I'm leaning towards cleansing but perhaps that is just because it doesn't remind me of scrubbing floors so much.

12:39 May 22, 2012 

Perhaps true. I think we would need more context in order to decide which of the various options in English would be best here.

12:34 May 22, 2012 

Better a general term that covers all possible meanderings of the client's mind, instead of a "too" specific term, IMO.

12:27 May 22, 2012 

I think that perhaps maintenance is too general (for the asker's sentence: 'Voordat de extracties van de acceptatieomgeving plaatsvinden, moet de klant het opschonen van de data hebben afgerond.' ), purging is too specific, and cleaning/cleansing/cleanup might be just right.

12:23 May 22, 2012 

"maintenance" should be the preferred term, as it includes cleaning, the removal and the editing of data. In a computer context, purging usually refers to not only the deletion of individual records; it often means the deletion of entire databases and the subsequent packing (compaction) of the hard disc.

12:11 May 22, 2012 

The supplied context is: 'Voordat de extracties van de acceptatieomgeving plaatsvinden, moet de klant het opschonen van de data hebben afgerond.'
I think that without more info., it would be better to opt for something like '(...) the customer must have cleaned up the data.'
Purging is too specific IMO.

11:57 May 22, 2012 

I actually suspect that purging is only one way to clean (or cleans) data.
See e.g. 'Purging or sanitising is the removal of sensitive data from a system or storage device with the intent that the data can not be reconstructed by any known technique.[citation needed] Purging, proportional to the sensitivity of the data, is generally done before releasing media outside of control, such as before discarding old media, or moving media to a computer with different security requirements.' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_remanence#Purging)

My Groot Woordenboek Industrie & Techniek also gives 'clean up' for 'opschonen' (COMP. Context:
(van bestanden))

11:50 May 22, 2012 

11:13 May 22, 2012 

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