Data Source Governance
Govern Your Data and Inspire Catalog Confidence
Ensure your product content is sourced, validated, and published with precision - delivering consistent, high-quality catalogs that teams and customers can rely on.
CatalogIQ’s Data Source Governance ensures that your product content comes from the right place, flows through intelligent validation, and is published with full traceability. With dozens of internal systems, supplier feeds, and manual inputs in play, this feature centralizes control — enforcing trust, resolving conflicts, and streamlining data flows at scale.
Data Source Governance Framework
Data Source Hierarchy Rules
Set the Chain of Command for Your Data.
Define which source takes priority when conflicts arise—whether it’s supplier feeds, ERP systems, or manual edits. Establish cascading rules so the right data wins every time.
Trust Scoring & Provenance
Measure and Prove Data Reliability.
Assign trust scores to every input by tracking its origin, version history, and quality. Flag questionable sources before they cause downstream issues.
Conflict Detection & Resolution
Catch Conflicts Before They Go Live.
Automatically detect duplicate, missing, or conflicting data before it reaches your storefront. Resolve issues fast with automated rules or manual workflows.
Audit Trails & Version History
Know What Changed, When, and Why.
Maintain a complete edit history for every field—tracking who made changes, when they happened, and the reason behind them across all systems.
Governed Workflow Integration
Governance That Fits Into Your Flow.
Embed governance rules directly into onboarding and enrichment workflows. Automatically accept, reject, or hold data for review based on your compliance logic.
Automated Data Health Monitoring
Stay Ahead of Data Decay.
Continuously scan incoming and existing data for anomalies, outdated details, or quality risks. Get proactive alerts so you can correct issues before they affect your catalog or customer trust.
Ingest Product Data from Trusted Sources in Any Format

Spreadsheets
Locate and extract key product details from supplier CSVs.

PDFs
Pull specs and details from manuals and other unstructured files.

Product Images
Pull structured and descriptive attributes directly from product photos.

Web Resources
Find and retrieve product data from brand websites and other trusted sources.

Manufacturer Websites
Extract product specs and details directly from supplier sites.

Data Sheets & Catalogs
Capture structured data from PDFs and other product catalogs.

Industry
Databases
Pull verified product information from trusted industry data hubs.

Professional Forums
Source user-contributed specs and insights from expert communities.
CatalogIQ Proprietary Product Research Process
Trusted Industry Sources
Searches trusted sources for matches and assigns a confidence score.
Exceptions
Applies any proprietary exception logic and/or knowledge into the response.
Fallback Search
Failed TIS searches optionally fallback to online sources and are assigned a confidence score.
Decoder
When available, optionally apply a manufacturer part number decoder validation.
Cross Validations
Ensure all product specs match across TIS, exceptions, and decoders; assign score.
A flexible, multi-step verification process applies confidence scoring, citation flags, and cross-checks across sources to ensure every piece of product information is accurate, trustworthy, and ready for enrichment at the highest quality standards.
Smart & Safe: Intelligence Meets Oversight
CatalogIQ uses AI-powered anomaly detection alongside your governance rules to stop bad data before it spreads. Get alerts for suspicious changes, policy violations, or content degradation — and prevent issues before they impact your customers.
Governance That Drives Confidence
With clear ownership of source data, rules-based enforcement of quality standards, and full visibility across your catalog lifecycle, CatalogIQ’s governance engine brings discipline to every stage of product data management. The result? Fewer errors, less rework, and a catalog your team — and your customers — can trust.
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