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PROV-O

The PROV Ontology

OWL2 ontology for provenance — entities, activities, and agents. Tracks data lineage and audit trails.

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Use Cases

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01

Track data lineage in ETL pipelines

02

Audit trail for regulatory compliance

03

Scientific workflow reproducibility

04

ML model provenance tracking

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W3C
License
Open
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Derivative works may be distributed only as software, supporting materials or documentation — not as a standalone or competing technical specification.

Derived from PROV-O, Copyright (c) 2013 World Wide Web Consortium. https://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/copyright-documents. Source: https://www.w3.org/TR/prov-o/

Verified against the licence text on 2026-08-07.

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