Direct answer
Evidence Graph, in this definition, is limited to the following inspected scope. PROV-O can represent typed provenance between entities, activities, agents, inputs, outputs, derivations, associations, and attributions. Versioned metadata can name research objects, contributors, versions, typed relations, and rights statements. The answer carries the source boundaries forward and does not infer authority from a neighboring topic.
Definition
Use the term only for the source-backed scope stated here; keep adjacent concepts separate unless a typed relationship is explicit.
A useful definition states both inclusion and exclusion conditions so a machine answer cannot silently widen it.
Applied scope: PROV-O can represent typed provenance between entities, activities, agents, inputs, outputs, derivations, associations, and attributions. Versioned metadata can name research objects, contributors, versions, typed relations, and rights statements.
Definition and operating context
The canonical concept owner is maha-research. This route may apply evidence; it cannot redefine or inherit the authority of its canonical owner.
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 — Entities, Activities and Agents; used; wasGeneratedBy; wasDerivedFrom; wasAssociatedWith; wasAttributedTo. Establishes: PROV-O can represent typed provenance between entities, activities, agents, inputs, outputs, derivations, associations, and attributions.
DataCite Metadata Schema Documentation — Identifier; Creator; Contributor; Version; RelatedIdentifier; Rights. Establishes: Versioned metadata can name research objects, contributors, versions, typed relations, and rights statements.
What the evidence does not establish
PROV represents asserted provenance; it does not verify truth, completeness, authentication, rights, causal validity, or passage-level claim support.
Metadata fields do not establish source quality, lawful collection, relationship truth, or that one object supports another object’s claim.
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/evidence-graph/fixture
property-home: https://research.mahastrategies.com/
Questions this page can answer
What does Evidence Graph mean in this bounded context?
Evidence Graph, in this definition, is limited to the following inspected scope. PROV-O can represent typed provenance between entities, activities, agents, inputs, outputs, derivations, associations, and attributions. Versioned metadata can name research objects, contributors, versions, typed relations, and rights statements. 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 Entities, Activities and Agents; used; wasGeneratedBy; wasDerivedFrom; wasAssociatedWith; wasAttributedTo, supports pROV-O can represent typed provenance between entities, activities, agents, inputs, outputs, derivations, associations, and attributions. DataCite Metadata Schema Documentation (version 4.6), at Identifier; Creator; Contributor; Version; RelatedIdentifier; Rights, supports versioned metadata can name research objects, contributors, versions, typed relations, and rights statements.
What does the evidence not establish?
PROV represents asserted provenance; it does not verify truth, completeness, authentication, rights, causal validity, or passage-level claim support. Metadata fields do not establish source quality, lawful collection, relationship truth, or that one object supports another object’s claim. 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.