Managing database inquiries

A computer program product for incorporating trust measures into a database, the computer program product comprising:

• a non-transitory computer readable storage media;
• first program instructions for assigning a set of appropriateness rules to a particular data collection, wherein the set of appropriateness rules describes an optimum usage for the particular data collection based on a source of the particular data collection and a type of activity that is deemed best suited to utilize the particular data collection, wherein the set of appropriateness rules further describes a minimum fill rate provided by the particular data collection, wherein a fill rate describes a percentage of local data fields that can be populated by the requesting computer with data from the particular data collection, wherein the set of appropriateness rules requires a data collection requester's role to match a data collection provider's role, wherein the data collection requester's role and the data collection provider's role describe role-based activities of users within at least one enterprise, and wherein the set of appropriateness rules sets a maximum allowable cost for accessing the particular data collection;
• second program instructions for determining whether a cost of accessing the particular data collection exceeds a predetermined value;
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• third program instructions for, in response to determining that a requesting computer is implementing an activity that matches the set of appropriateness rules and that the cost of accessing the particular data collection does not exceed the predetermined value, directing a database controller to transmit the particular data collection to the requesting computer;
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• wherein the first, second, and third program instructions are stored on the computer readable storage media.

A computer system comprising:

• a processor, a computer readable memory, and a non-transitory computer readable storage media;
• first program instructions for assigning a set of appropriateness rules to a particular data collection, wherein the set of appropriateness rules describes an optimum usage for the particular data collection based on a source of the particular data collection and a type of activity that is deemed best suited to utilize the particular data collection, wherein the set of appropriateness rules further describes a minimum fill rate provided by the particular data collection, wherein a fill rate describes a percentage of local data fields that can be populated by the requesting computer with data from the particular data collection, wherein the set of appropriateness rules requires a data collection requester's role to match a data collection provider's role, wherein the data collection requester's role and the data collection provider's role describe role-based activities of users within at least one enterprise, and wherein the set of appropriateness rules sets a maximum allowable cost for accessing the particular data collection;
• second program instructions for determining whether a cost of accessing the particular data collection exceeds a predetermined value;
• third program instructions for, in response to determining that the cost of accessing the particular data collection exceeds the predetermined value, preventing access to the particular data collection;
• and fourth program instructions for, in response to determining that a requesting computer is implementing an activity that matches the set of appropriateness rules and that the cost of accessing the particular data collection does not exceed the predetermined value, directing a database controller to transmit the particular data collection to the requesting computer;
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• wherein the first, second, third, and fourth program instructions are stored on the computer readable storage media for execution by the processor via the computer readable memory.