Information Assets Inventory and Classification Matrices for October 2023

October 2023 inventory of information assets from a public administration source, likely Colombia's Ministry of Information and Communications Technologies (MINTIC). The dataset documents assets with details on their classification, legal basis, responsible areas, and retention periods. It was published by www.datos.gov.co and last updated on 2026-05-18.

Use Cases

• Classifying information sensitivity using the 'Clasificación' and 'Excepción Total o Parcial' columns.
• Mapping data ownership and custodianship within an organization using 'Nombre del Area Responsable de la producción de la información (Propietario del Activo)' and 'Nombre del Area Responsable de la información (Custodio del Activo)'.
• Analyzing the legal basis for data retention and exceptions using 'Fundamento constitucional o legal', 'Fundamento Jurídico de la Excepción', and 'Plazo de la Clasificación o Reserva'.
• Tracking the format and medium of information assets over time using 'Formato', 'Medio de Conservación', and 'Fecha de Generación de la Información'.

Strengths

• Structured inventory with 16 columns covering legal, administrative, and technical metadata for information assets.
• Explicit documentation linking to a source policy document from MINTIC for context.
• Available in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, JSON, XML, and RDF.

Limitations

• Row count and total dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality and completeness require manual inspection after download.
• Freshness should be verified as the core data reflects October 2023, despite a 2026 platform update.

Provenance

Source

Likely Colombia's Ministry of Information and Communications Technologies (MINTIC), published via www.datos.gov.co.

Collection Method

Administrative inventory process involving definition, review, update, and publication, as described in the source document.

Time Range

October 2023

Freshness

Data reflects October 2023; platform record last updated 2026-05-18 16:40:35.

Geography

Likely Colombia, inferred from the source organization (.gov.co domain and MINTIC reference).