[Esip-preserve] A Minor Note on Nomenclature

[Curt Tilmes]

On 08/24/2010 04:46 PM, alicebarkstrom at verizon.net wrote:
> I'm drawing a fairly narrow line about what I think would be
> included in the term Provenance Information - which would include
> only the digital artifacts that are directly used in creating data.

These are the "production history" or "lineage" and we agree that they
are definitely part of the OAIS "Provenance Information".

> In constrast, calibration reports, calibration data, the reports
> that document coordinate system definitions and measurements of
> instrument attitude, and so on, are not usually used directly in
> production and require other processes to incorporate into an
> archive's store. At least in my experience, these kinds of
> "ancillary" information are not consulted by the data producer in
> the course of normal production control, but may be needed by data
> users in order to establish the context for their use of the data.
> Because this kind of documentation is not usually used directly in
> production, recording it requires special procedures on the part of
> an archive - and probably special note in the Submission Agreement
> between the Producer and the Archive.  Hopefully, this will clarify
> my suggested usage.

and I'm fine with "Context Information" as defined by OAIS for those
things.

>     On Aug 24, 2010 03:33:58 PM, parsonsm at nsidc.org wrote:
>     >Provenance Information: The information that documents the
>     >history of the Content Information. This information tells the
>     >origin or source of the Content Information, any changes that
>     >may have taken place since it was originated, and who has had
>     >custody of it since it was originated. Examples of Provenance
>     >Information are the principal investigator who recorded the
>     >data, and the information concerning its storage, handling, and
>     >migration.
>     >
>     >Context Information: The information .that documents the
>     >relationships of the Content Information to its
>     >environment. This includes why the Content Information was
>     >created and how it relates to other Content Information
>     >objects.

I believe those definitions are consistent with including the
"production audit" type information and "custodianship" with
"Provenance Information".

Curt