While I appreciate that "functional" definition posited by ISO/NIST, I think that it is too broad to define "provenance." To me, the definition seems more applicable to the term "attribute" and "provenance" is merely one of many attributes that we might use to assess quality, reliability, or trustworthiness. I am not even certain that provenance addresses reliability or trustworthiness. Paraphrasing a definition that I found online, I think that provenance may be defined as - "an attribute that provides a record of ownership or control of a thing or datum which can be used as a guide to authenticity or quality." Jeff --------------------------------- Jeff Stollman stollman.j@gmail.com +1 202.683.8699 <stollman.j@gmail.com> Truth never triumphs — its opponents just die out. Science advances one funeral at a time. Max Planck On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 4:52 PM, Kathleen Connor < kathleen_connor@comcast.net> wrote:
Hi
Below are the best Provenance definitions that seem appropriate for the BSC Report that I can find among the ISO/NIST etc. sources I reviewed.
Provenance = DF: Information about entities, activities, and people involved in producing a piece of data or thing, which can be used to form assessments about its quality, reliability or trustworthiness.
W3C PROV-Overview http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-prov-overview-20121211
Provenance of a resource is a record that describes entities and processes involved in producing and delivering or otherwise influencing that resource. 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.
[W3C Provenance XG Final Report] http://www.w3.org/2005/ Incubator/prov/XGR-prov-20101214/#Importance_of_provenance
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