Paul Groth gives a couple simple provenance examples using the PROV-DM Provenance Data Model recently released as a working draft. http://www.w3.org/blog/SW/2011/10/23/5-simple-provenance-statements/ The examples are in RDF triples. If you haven't used them a lot, this primer might help: http://www.w3.org/2007/02/turtle/primer/ Curt