!!! Overview 
[{$pagename}] is defined in dictionaries as the place of origin or earliest known history of something. [1][{$pagename}], for our purposes, is data about [entities|Entity] and their activities involved in the [origin|Original work] of [data] or a [thing|resource], which can be used to make assessments about the quality, [reliability|integrity] or [trustworthiness|trust]. In other words [Data Provenance]

[{$pagename}] 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.

!! [{$pagename}] and [Accountability]
[{$pagename}] 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:
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* [#1] - [What is provenance|https://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/prov/XGR-prov-20101214/#Importance_of_provenance|target='_blank'] - based on information obtained 2017-01-27