W3C PROV Ontology

The W3C PROV Ontology is a framework that helps organizations describe and share information about the provenance of data, which means its origins, history, and the processes that produced it. It defines concepts like entities (the data itself), activities (the processes that generate or modify the data), and agents (the people or systems involved). By standardizing how data provenance is represented, the PROV Ontology enhances transparency, trust, and data management across different platforms, making it easier for users to understand where data comes from and how it has been used over time.