This document discusses the changing context of aeronautical data and its management. It notes that computerization, more advanced aircraft systems, and new procedures like RNP and PBN have increased requirements for improved safety, harmonization, and efficiency. This has resulted in greater complexity, increased skills needs, and a reliance on high-quality digital data managed through defined processes. Regulators must understand these areas to ensure policies and regulations support maintaining essential aeronautical data to safety standards over time. The document also examines models of the data chain and cycle and how new technologies and applications may impact these models.