Data
Validity refers to
| “ | whether the data actually represent what you think is being measured. For example, if we are interested in analyzing job performance and a field in the database is labeled “annual evaluation score,” we need to know whether that field seems like a reasonable way to gain information on a person’s job performance or whether it represents another kind of evaluation score.[1] | ” |
Validity is "the accuracy and correctness of data for its application."[2]
U.S. patent law
See Patent validity.