25. A computer-program product, tangibly embodied in a machine-readable non-transitory storage medium, including instructions executable to cause a data processing apparatus to perform operations including: storing data in a computerized data storage system that facilitates collaborative data management, wherein collaborative data management includes performance of multiple data management tasks, each data management task associated with a different one of multiple classes of data management tasks, wherein each one of the classes of data management tasks is associated with a unique group of users having permission to perform the data management tasks of the one class; activating a definition interface for defining terms used to manage the data, wherein a term is applicable to the data, and wherein a term includes a definition or a requirement; activating an instruction interface for effectuating terms, wherein the instruction interface facilitates an input of instructions into a data management system such that the inputted instructions effectuate a defined term within the data storage system, and wherein the inputted instructions cause the data storage system to associate the data with the defined term effectuated by the inputted instructions; processing the data according to the defined term effectuated by the inputted instructions; and displaying the inputted instructions, the defined term effectuated by the inputted instructions, and the processed data, wherein displaying includes using a monitoring interface that facilitates monitoring the data stored in the data storage system.
25. A computer-program product, tangibly embodied in a machine-readable non-transitory storage medium, including instructions executable to cause a data processing apparatus to perform operations including: storing data in a computerized data storage system that facilitates collaborative data management, wherein collaborative data management includes performance of multiple data management tasks, each data management task associated with a different one of multiple classes of data management tasks, wherein each one of the classes of data management tasks is associated with a unique group of users having permission to perform the data management tasks of the one class; activating a definition interface for defining terms used to manage the data, wherein a term is applicable to the data, and wherein a term includes a definition or a requirement; activating an instruction interface for effectuating terms, wherein the instruction interface facilitates an input of instructions into a data management system such that the inputted instructions effectuate a defined term within the data storage system, and wherein the inputted instructions cause the data storage system to associate the data with the defined term effectuated by the inputted instructions; processing the data according to the defined term effectuated by the inputted instructions; and displaying the inputted instructions, the defined term effectuated by the inputted instructions, and the processed data, wherein displaying includes using a monitoring interface that facilitates monitoring the data stored in the data storage system. 34. The computer-program product of claim 25 , wherein a term further includes an attribute, and wherein an attribute includes an importance attribute, a status attribute or an owners attribute.