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What does "provenance" mean? Is is about adding quotations to code? into databases?
by 1ris 9y ago
What does "provenance" mean? Is is about adding quotations to code? into databases?
- nerdponx 9y agoIt says it right there in the abstract. "Provenance" means "where it came from". This is about tracking where any given piece of data comes from.
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- 1ris 9y agoI knew that. And it didn't explain anything. That's why I asked. As I said, the abstract sounds to me like an attempt to replace Integers with a tuple of a Interger and a DOI.
- cmontella 9y agoThe output of most programs is plain data -- an integer or text or something. If the output is wrong, it would be interesting for debugging purposes to trace how a particular output was generated, in order to figure out where exactly the program went wrong. This information is what people mean by the "provenience" of data.
- CMCDragonkai 9y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_lineage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_lineage I see a similar idea about this with things like self-adjusting computations, excel and https://awelonblue.wordpress.com/category/language-design/reactive-demand-programming/ https://awelonblue.wordpress.com/category/language-design/re... Should help the debugging process a lot.