---
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](../standards/w3c-prov.md)) — load-bearing for attribution and redress.

# Used in this bundle
Appears in: [w3c-prov](../standards/w3c-prov.md), [observability-and-provenance](../stack/observability-and-provenance.md).

# Related terms
[audit trail](audit-trail.md), [consent](consent.md).