Requirements for Provenance on the Web
From where did this tweet originate? Was this quote from the New York Times modified? Daily, we rely on data from the Web, but often it is difficult or impossible to determine where it came from or how it was produced. This lack of provenance is particularly evident when people and systems deal with...
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University of Edinburgh
2012-03-01
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| Series: | International Journal of Digital Curation |
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| author | Paul Groth Yolanda Gil James Cheney Simon Miles |
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| description | From where did this tweet originate? Was this quote from the New York Times modified? Daily, we rely on data from the Web, but often it is difficult or impossible to determine where it came from or how it was produced. This lack of provenance is particularly evident when people and systems deal with Web information or with any environment where information comes from sources of varying quality. Provenance is not captured pervasively in information systems. There are major technical, social, and economic impediments that stand in the way of using provenance effectively. This paper synthesizes requirements for provenance on the Web for a number of dimensions, focusing on three key aspects of provenance: the content of provenance, the management of provenance records, and the uses of provenance information. To illustrate these requirements, we use three synthesized scenarios that encompass provenance problems faced by Web users today. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8e87a9cd2532457abd5f9efc0ef7755b2022-12-22T03:09:27ZengUniversity of EdinburghInternational Journal of Digital Curation1746-82562012-03-0171395610.2218/ijdc.v7i1.213196Requirements for Provenance on the WebPaul GrothYolanda GilJames CheneySimon MilesFrom where did this tweet originate? Was this quote from the New York Times modified? Daily, we rely on data from the Web, but often it is difficult or impossible to determine where it came from or how it was produced. This lack of provenance is particularly evident when people and systems deal with Web information or with any environment where information comes from sources of varying quality. Provenance is not captured pervasively in information systems. There are major technical, social, and economic impediments that stand in the way of using provenance effectively. This paper synthesizes requirements for provenance on the Web for a number of dimensions, focusing on three key aspects of provenance: the content of provenance, the management of provenance records, and the uses of provenance information. To illustrate these requirements, we use three synthesized scenarios that encompass provenance problems faced by Web users today.http://www.ijdc.net/index.php/ijdc/article/view/203 |
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| title | Requirements for Provenance on the Web |
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