Personal digital collection

Definition
A personal digital collection is

"data generated by the owner and those drawn transparently from other sources as needed for the analysis at hand."

Overview
This has two important implications. First, this mode of data use depends on research and development to create powerful new interoperability, data tracking and provenance, attribution, and validation capabilities. Second, ties between users and individual preservation entities may be loosened, threatening models for economic sustainability that depend on these ties.

Source

 * Harnessing the Power of Digital Data for Science and Society, at 9.