Introducing the Curator Role

You provide initial data expertise to validate and train models for projects in Tamr Core, as well as complete any of the tasks that a reviewer or verifier can do.

Curators cannot add projects, although they can edit project settings and delete them. Only team members with the author or admin role can create projects and assign them to policies.

Schema Mapping Workflow

In a schema mapping project, you design the unified schema either by using a standard target schema your organization already has (often part of a document called a mapping specification) or by developing one specific to your needs (see Creating a Unified Schema). You then map the attributes, or columns, from input datasets to unified attributes, which will be used to train the model for recommending subsequent mappings.

Mastering and Golden Records Workflow

In a mastering project, you are responsible for:

• Enabling record grouping and choosing the attributes that are key to finding obviously-duplicated records.
• Defining the blocking model to optimize the comparisons Tamr Core makes to identify pairs of records or groups as matching and non-matching.
• Labeling an initial set of pairs to train the model.
• Running jobs to train the model with the feedback that team members provide on pairs and clusters.

In a golden records project, you are responsible for configuring the rules that consolidate a cluster of records from a mastering project into a single golden record with data values that best describe the single entity represented by that cluster.

Categorization Workflow

In a categorization project, you are responsible for:

• Uploading and, if necessary, editing the taxonomy used to categorize records.
• Categorizing a subset of records to train the model.
• Running jobs to train the model with the feedback that team members provide on record categorizations.

Transformations

You can also define transformations in schema mapping, mastering, and categorization projects to modify the unified dataset. For example, you can concatenate first and last name fields, remove whitespace, or apply consistent date formatting.

Helpful Pages for Curators

• Working with Datasets in Projects
• Schema Mapping Workflow
• Mastering Project Workflow
• Golden Records Workflow
• Categorization Workflow
• Managing Jobs
• Managing Projects
• Transformations