Data provenance

AIGP glossary · Last reviewed: 2026-07-08 · By Victor Humenhuk (AIGP certified)

Data provenance - Tracking and logging the history and origin of data (sources, processes, actors, methods) to ensure integrity and identify applicable laws.

In the AIGP body of knowledge, Data provenance comes up under Module 6: Governing AI Development · BoK III.B; Module 8: AI Governance Vocabulary.

Data provenance in context

• Anticipate jurisdiction (==data localisation laws==, ==KYC==), and keep ==data lineage== and ==data provenance== charted and documented. (Data Questions, Quality, Jurisdiction and Lineage)

Where Data provenance is covered in the AIGP study notes

• Data Questions, Quality, Jurisdiction and Lineage
• Data terms

Related terms

• KYC
• Data localisation laws
• Data lineage
• Training data
• Validation data
• Input data
• Ground truth
• Corpus
• Data quality
• Data drift

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