Principles of high quality documentation for provenance: A philosophical discussion

Paul Groth, Simon Miles, Steve Munroe

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Abstract

Computer technology enables the creation of detailed documentation about the processes that create or affect entities (data, objects, etc.). Such documentation of the past can be used to answer various kinds of questions regarding the processes that led to the creation or modification of a particular entity. The answer to such questions are known as an entity's provenance. In this paper, we derive a number of principles for documenting the past, grounded in work from philosophy and history, which allow for provenance questions to be answered within a computational context. These principles lead us to argue that an interaction-based model is particularly suited for representing high quality documentation of the past.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProvenance and Annotation of Data - International Provenance and Annotation Workshop, IPAW 2006, Revised Selected Papers
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages278-286
Number of pages9
ISBN (Print)354046302X, 9783540463023
DOIs
StatePublished - 2006
Externally publishedYes
EventInternational Provenance and Annotation Workshop, IPAW 2006 - Chicago, IL, United States
Duration: May 3 2006May 5 2006

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume4145 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

ConferenceInternational Provenance and Annotation Workshop, IPAW 2006
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityChicago, IL
Period05/3/0605/5/06

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