Data lineage
The recorded path of data through sources, transformations, versions, and destinations.
What Data lineage does not show
It supports accountability only when transformations and identifiers are captured consistently.
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Questions about Data lineage
What is Data lineage?
The recorded path of data through sources, transformations, versions, and destinations.
What does Data lineage not show or guarantee?
It supports accountability only when transformations and identifiers are captured consistently.
Which area of the glossary does Data lineage belong to?
Governance and rights: Who may use content for what: rights reservations, opt-outs, licences, model documentation and the accountability vocabulary around them.
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