Timeliness refers to the time expectation for accessibility and availability of information. Timeliness can be measured as the time between when information is expected and when it is readily available for use. In the MDM environment, this concept is of particular interest, because synchronization of data updates to application data with the centralized resource supports the concept of the common, shared, unique representation. The success of business applications relying on master data depends on consistent and timely information. Therefore, service levels specifying how quickly the data must be propagated through the centralized repository should be defined so that compliance with those timeliness constraints can be measured.
