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Provenance: Past, Present and Future in Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Perspective

Authors : Victoria L. Lemieux, the imProvenance Group

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Abstract

This chapter presents a multi- and interdisciplinary synthesis of ideas about the definition and theoretical conceptualization of provenance, drawing from disciplines such as archival science, law, computer science, library and information science, and visual analytics. Through the lens of these distinct domains, the chapter explores different purposes served by provenance; various ways that diverse fields are capturing, representing and using provenance information; provenance standards and specifications, and a range of open research challenges relating to theorizing about provenance and capturing, representing and using provenance information in increasingly distributed, heterogeneous information eco-systems combining machine and human intelligence. From this blending of perspectives on provenance from different disciplines and ‘interdisciplines’, a rich picture emerges of provenance as a dynamic construct and evolving focus of research.

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Footnotes
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More specifically, Moreau’s analysis revealed a growing trend of research activity related to provenance, with about half the papers concerning provenance published since 2008. He conjectured that the development of the Grid as a technology for running scientific applications and the UK e-science program have been two significant external triggering factors that have caused increasing numbers of researchers to focus on the provenance problem.
 
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Appendix A of this volume provides a complete list of workshop participants.
 
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Mixed-initiative systems can be described as systems that augment human cognitive capabilities by developing machines capable of offloading human thought processes and actively supporting individuals in pursuing their goals. In this sense, the focus is less on creating artificial intelligence (AI) than on augmenting human intelligence (IA).
 
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There is some debate about whether Terry Cook was referring both to creators (agents) as well as to function in his reference to relationships. In 2010, in his International Council on Archives plenary address, Terry Cook stated his view of the concept of provenance: “provenance is the concept of linking records or archives, or group or series of archives, to their creator, whether an individual or organization. The value of provenance is that it allows archivists and researchers to understand a record and its content in terms of who made it, where, when, how, and why, and what changes have taken place with the record over time, and why” and from this Duranti infers: In short, Cook appeared to equate the term “provenance” with “context”, but his “who made it, where, when, how, and why” definitely refer to persons, not functions. Lemieux (2014), on the other hand, finds evidence that Cook was also referring to functions. She cites his 1992 article “Mind over Matter”, in which he writes in reference to his provenance-based macro-appraisal theory, “Turning to the second part of the model, the citizen-state interaction reflects a convergence of three factors: the programme (function), the agency (structure), and the citizen.”
 
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When we trace the history of a concept through revisions of indexing languages, we are studying the concept’s ontogeny. Ontogeny is a term borrowed from biology.
 
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The content of Wikidata is available under a free license, exported using standard formats, and can be interlinked to other open data sets on the linked data web. (http://​www.​wikidata.​org/​wiki/​Wikidata:​Main_​Page).
 
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397 is between 396 Women’s Treatment and Position and 398 Folklore, Proverbs (s.l.).
 
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Title
Provenance: Past, Present and Future in Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Perspective
Authors
Victoria L. Lemieux
the imProvenance Group
Copyright Year
2016
Book
Building Trust in Information

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-40225-3

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-40226-0

Copyright Year: 2016

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