Direct answer
Dataset Provenance, in this definition, is limited to the following inspected scope. Machine-readable relations for a dataset, the activity that produced it, inputs, derivation, and responsibility. Versioned metadata fields for dataset identity, contributors, related objects, and rights. The answer carries the source boundaries forward and does not infer authority from a neighboring topic.
Definition
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A useful definition states both inclusion and exclusion conditions so a machine answer cannot silently widen it.
Applied scope: Machine-readable relations for a dataset, the activity that produced it, inputs, derivation, and responsibility. Versioned metadata fields for dataset identity, contributors, related objects, and rights.
Definition and operating context
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This property may publish research objects, machine-readable provenance, reproduction protocols. It must not publish sales copy or unsupported interpretation.
Evidence and exact locators
PROV-O: The PROV Ontology — Entity, Activity, Agent; wasGeneratedBy; used; wasDerivedFrom; wasAttributedTo. Establishes: Machine-readable relations for a dataset, the activity that produced it, inputs, derivation, and responsibility.
DataCite Metadata Schema Documentation — Properties; Version; RelatedIdentifier; Rights; Contributor. Establishes: Versioned metadata fields for dataset identity, contributors, related objects, and rights.
What the evidence does not establish
PROV encodes assertions and does not verify accuracy, consent, licensing, or completeness.
Metadata completeness does not establish data quality, lawful collection, or passage-level claim support.
This route must not claim sales copy.
This route must not claim unsupported interpretation.
Related definitions and applications
graphEdges: https://research.mahastrategies.com/federation/research/source-identity/definition
same-topic-application: https://research.mahastrategies.com/federation/research/dataset-provenance/fixture
same-topic-application: https://research.mahastrategies.com/federation/research/dataset-provenance/protocol
same-topic-application: https://research.mahastrategies.com/federation/research/dataset-provenance/relationships
property-home: https://research.mahastrategies.com/
same-topic-application: https://research.mahastrategies.com/federation/research/dataset-provenance/machine-record
same-topic-application: https://research.mahastrategies.com/federation/research/dataset-provenance/method
Questions this page can answer
What does Dataset Provenance mean in this bounded context?
Dataset Provenance, in this definition, is limited to the following inspected scope. Machine-readable relations for a dataset, the activity that produced it, inputs, derivation, and responsibility. Versioned metadata fields for dataset identity, contributors, related objects, and rights. The answer carries the source boundaries forward and does not infer authority from a neighboring topic.
Which inspected sources support this definition answer?
PROV-O: The PROV Ontology (Recommendation, 30 April 2013), at Entity, Activity, Agent; wasGeneratedBy; used; wasDerivedFrom; wasAttributedTo, supports machine-readable relations for a dataset, the activity that produced it, inputs, derivation, and responsibility. DataCite Metadata Schema Documentation (version 4.6), at Properties; Version; RelatedIdentifier; Rights; Contributor, supports versioned metadata fields for dataset identity, contributors, related objects, and rights.
What does the evidence not establish?
PROV encodes assertions and does not verify accuracy, consent, licensing, or completeness. Metadata completeness does not establish data quality, lawful collection, or passage-level claim support. Property boundary: This route may apply evidence; it cannot redefine or inherit the authority of its canonical owner.
Which definition or canonical owner must be read first?
This page is the local maha-research definition for its topic. Related applications may depend on it but may not silently redefine it.
What source, policy, implementation, or release change would require revision?
Re-evaluate this page when a cited source, locator, governing instrument, local implementation, or canonical definition changes. Publication also requires a matching exact-revision review and active canonical release.