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What does data lineage mean?
| Object | Question it answers | Minimum record |
|---|---|---|
| Provenance | Which entities, activities, and agents were involved? | Entity, activity, agent, relation, time |
| Data lineage | Which path and operation produced this field or result? | Input and output version, operation, key, timestamp, owner |
| Data quality | Does the resulting field fit the declared decision? | Rule, observed state, evidence, exception, disposition |
| Event history | Which business events occurred, and when? | Immutable event, subject, type, effective time, ingestion time |
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