Curating ambiguous data for use in a data pipeline through interaction with a data source

A non-transitory machine-readable medium having instructions stored therein, which when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations for curating data by a data manager, the operations comprising:

• making an identification that data obtained from a data source associated with a data pipeline comprises an ambiguous value;
• obtaining a potential replacement value for the ambiguous value;
• obtaining a final replacement value for the ambiguous value using the potential replacement value and an interaction with an entity associated with the data source that is injected into the method of curating data to assist the data manager, the interaction with the entity only being used when the data manager determines that there are insufficient data curation resources to remedy the ambiguity in the ambiguous value;
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• removing the ambiguous value from the data pipeline while populating the data pipeline with the final replacement value to prevent the ambiguous value from negatively impacting operations and functionalities of a data processing system that uses the data in the data pipeline in one or more processes executed by the data processing system for providing computer-implemented services to downstream consumers of the data.

A data manager, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory coupled to the processor to store instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations for curating data by the data manager, the operations comprising:
• making an identification that data obtained from a data source associated with a data pipeline comprises an ambiguous value;
• obtaining a potential replacement value for the ambiguous value;
• obtaining a final replacement value for the ambiguous value using the potential replacement value and an interaction with an entity associated with the data source that is injected into the method of curating data to assist the data manager, the interaction with the entity only being used when the data manager determines that there are insufficient data curation resources to remedy the ambiguity in the ambiguous value;
• and
• removing the ambiguous value from the data pipeline while populating the data pipeline with the final replacement value to prevent the ambiguous value from negatively impacting operations and functionalities of a data processing system that uses the data in the data pipeline in one or more processes executed by the data processing system for providing computer-implemented services to downstream consumers of the data.