Overview #
Provenance is defined in dictionaries as the place of origin or earliest known history of something. [1]Provenance, for our purposes, is data about entities and their activities involved in the origin of data or a thing, which can be used to make assessments about the quality, reliability or trustworthiness. In other words Data Provenance
Provenance provides a critical foundation for assessing authenticity, enabling trust, and allowing reproducibility.
Provenance assertions are a form of contextual metadata and can themselves become important records with their own provenance.
Provenance and Accountability#
Provenance is required to determine Accountability when the Data or Claims cause an Unfortunate event.More Information#
There might be more information for this subject on one of the following:- [#1] - What is provenance
- based on information obtained 2017-01-27
