Record metadata

type: "Glossary term"
title: "Provenance"
description: "The recorded entities, activities and agents that produced an outcome."
tags: [glossary]
generated: { by: human:crpage, at: 2026-07-09T09:44:00Z }
aliases: "provenance; lineage"
status: stable

Definition

An interoperable record of the entities, activities and agents that produced a datum or outcome (W3C PROV) — load-bearing for attribution and redress.

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Appears in: w3c-prov, observability-and-provenance.

audit trail, consent.

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