Digital Provenance

Documentation of processes in a Digital Object’s life cycle. Digital provenance typically describes Agents responsible for the custody and stewardship of Digital Objects, key Events that occur over the course of the Digital Object’s life cycle, and other information associated with the Digital Object’s creation, management, and preservation http://www.loc.gov/standards/premis/v3/premis-3-0-final.pdf

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