Provenance
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description: A canonical definition of provenance for Electronic Artefacts publications, artefacts, archives and graph relations.
language: en
date published: 2026-06-23
date modified: 2026-06-23
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Provenance
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abstract: Provenance helps readers assess reliability, rights, authorship, lineage, context and trust across research, archive, software and cultural records.
description: Provenance is information about the people, activities, sources, transformations and decisions involved in producing a thing or piece of data.
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author: Electronic Artefacts
creator: Electronic Artefacts
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keywords: Evidence
keywords: Trust
keywords: Archive
keywords: Archives
keywords: Research Methods
keywords: Knowledge Systems
language: en
date created: 2026-06-23
date published: 2026-06-23
date modified: 2026-06-23
publisher: Electronic Artefacts
copyright holder: Electronic Artefacts
is accessible for free: true
word count: 222
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  date published: 2013-04-30
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Electronic Artefacts
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description: Electronic Artefacts is an independent creative technology studio for complex digital products, knowledge systems, proprietary software and research-led cultural work.
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keywords: digital product strategy
keywords: UX design
keywords: web development
keywords: knowledge graph
keywords: AI agents
keywords: retrieval-augmented generation
keywords: linked data
keywords: digital preservation
keywords: cultural infrastructure
keywords: software systems
keywords: research publishing
knows about: AI agents
knows about: knowledge graphs
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knows about: linked data
knows about: JSON-LD
knows about: creative coding
knows about: digital preservation
knows about: cultural knowledge systems
knows about: software architecture
knows about: human-computer interaction
knows about: generative AI
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  contact type: inquiries
  available language: en
  available language: fr

Electronic Artefacts
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description: Electronic Artefacts is an independent creative technology studio for complex digital products, knowledge systems, proprietary software and research-led cultural work.
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keywords: digital product strategy
keywords: UX design
keywords: web development
keywords: knowledge graph
keywords: AI agents
keywords: retrieval-augmented generation
keywords: linked data
keywords: digital preservation
keywords: cultural infrastructure
keywords: software systems
keywords: research publishing
date modified: 2026-07-10
publisher: Electronic Artefacts
language: en

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