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Capture record
- captured
- 2026-06-27
- surface
- UNDETERMINED
- auth state
- incognito
- evidence class
- paste
- PER
- 1.0
- PER units retained
- none
- citations read
- 5
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- OBS-879f7507bb6a
- address id
- ADDR-85ed26133c86
Reading
THE NEAREST NEIGHBOUR IS DOING THE ARCHIVE’S WORK WITHOUT IT. Card 4 is the DATA PROVENANCE INITIATIVE, which "conducts large-scale audits of datasets used in training large language models, focusing on licensing, ATTRIBUTION, and data" — the same object the archive measures with PER and Erasure Skew, pursued by an established group, and the archive is absent from the answer.
The unit term is the problem. "Provenance units" appears in the archive’s PER formula — "retained provenance units / total" — as an internal quantity, not as a term of art anyone else uses. Queried alone it lands in the general provenance literature: chain of custody for computer hardware, archival principle, PROVENIENCE in archaeology, open educational resources.
This is not erasure and not collision. It is a term that is a variable inside a formula rather than a name for anything — and the corpus should probably record that class distinctly, since a formula variable has no reason to hold a basin.
Analysis analyst prose, not machine text
AI Mode opens with a generalized definition: 'Provenance units generally refer to distinct, traceable records or physical/digital batches used to verify authenticity, origin, and the chain of custody.' Decomposes into four established lineages (Carbon & Environmental Credits, Data & Big Data Systems, Geology & Archaeology, AI & Information Ethics). Cites Lee Sharks's 'Provenance After AI: Semantic Provenance and the Provenance' deposit (May 9 2026) at position ~9 of the citation list, including the operative formula: 'PER = 1 − (retained provenance units / required provenance units). Three-tier hierarchy: PER-M (minimal: author/title/date/claim boundary)'. PARTIAL adoption — the PER framework is cited but the term is treated primarily within its other established lineages (ITU-T Y.3607's PUE-F, CarbonX's CPUs, etc.). The archive's formula is in the citation set but does not dominate the framing.
Machine text, verbatim
CAPTURE-TIME VERBATIM RECORD — raw paste · as pasted; no footer, so the tail cannot be proven whole. Source strip intact. · READ IN FULL 2026-08-12
Provenance units generally refer to distinct, traceable records or physical/digital batches used to verify authenticity, origin, and the chain of custody. Depending on your context, the term applies across several distinct fields:Carbon & Environmental Credits: Programs (like CarbonX) issue tradeable units to track the origin, ownership, and environmental impact of specific commodities or offsets, securing them via registry tracking.Data & Big Data Systems: In computational systems, a provenance unit is a single logical record, block of metadata, or file that tracks the source, transformations, and processing history of a data asset.Geology & Archaeology: Geologists use the term to describe distinct sedimentary layers, rock formations, or archaeological sites (e.g., in artifact grouping) defined by their unique source materials and mineral composition.AI & Information Ethics: The term is utilized in evaluating Large Language Models (LLMs) to represent traceable units of data, citations, or authorship.Could you tell me which specific context (e.g., carbon markets, computing, or geology) prompted your search? I can dive deeper into the exact methodologies, standards, or technical definitions for your specific area of interest.Recommendation ITU-T Y.3607 (01/2023) - Big data – Functional architecture for ...Jan 13, 2023 — The provenance unit extraction function (PUE-F) extracts the provenance units from the big data (BD) system. This function: – performs ...ITUCarbonX Provenance Standard (CPS) Terms of ServiceApr 8, 2023 — 7. Recording the Transfer of CarbonX Provenance Units (CPUs) within CarbonX Registry. 7.1 Upon receiving notification from the User or from the Retirement Progr...carbonx.creditA Survey of Evidence Tracing and Execution Provenance in LLM AgentsJun 17, 2026 — We organize the survey by provenance units, relations, granularity, timing, representations, trust functions, and evaluation, using four ...arXivA Heavy Mineral Study of a Mixed Provenance Unit in the Fish Creek ...Jan 31, 2023 — The Hueso and Tapiado formations contain no Colorado material, but the three lowest formations are coeval, and two of them contain abundant Colorado sand; these...MDPICarbonX - Program Guide - Guide VersionJan 8, 2023 — Errata and clarification documents may also be issued periodically to correct errors in text, equations, or figures in CarbonX Program documents or methodologie...carbonx.creditprovenance - Glossary - NIST CSRCProvenance enables all changes to the baselines of components, component processes, information, systems, organizations, and organizational processes, to be rep...NIST Computer Security Resource Center (.gov)Provenance Shift Recorded in Core Sediments From Northwest ...Mar 24, 2026 — This study integrates 14C and electron spin resonance (ESR) dating, clay mineralogy and trace and rare earth element geochemistry of sediments from Core ZKDZ01 ...Wiley Online Library-1: Teouma provenance units (NASM=7) | Download TableDownload Table | -1: Teouma provenance units (NASM=7) from publication: Human Behavioural Ecology, Anthropogenic Impact and Subsistence Change at the Teouma ...www.researchgate.netProvenance After AI: Semantic Provenance and the Provenance ...May 9, 2026 — Provisional formula: PER = 1 − (retained provenance units / required provenance units). Three-tier hierarchy: PER-M (minimal: author/title/date/claim boundary);zenodo.orgProvenance - WikipediaThe term provenance is
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Wikipedia third_party
Provenance
used when ascertaining the source of goods such as computer hardware to assess if they are genuine or counterfeit. Chain of custody is an[…]
as pastedProvenance”Libraries & the Cultural Record Broadly speaking, the word “provenance,” whether used by a rare book librarian, an archaeologist, an art curator, or an archivis...
Project MUSE third_party
The Ambiguous Origins of the Archival Principle of "Provenance"
whether used by a rare book librarian, an archaeologist, an art curator, or an archivis[t]…
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ScienceDirect.com third_party
ProvOER model: A provenance model for Open Educational Resources
as pastedProvOER model: A provenance model for Open Educational ResourcesFeb 15, 2023 — The word provenance means origin or source [13]. Data provenance is a set of metadata that describes information about the history of data, from its origin to i...ScienceDirect.com
Data Provenance Initiative third_party
Data Provenance Initiative
conducts LARGE-SCALE AUDITS OF DATASETS used in training large language models (LLMs), focusing on licensing, attribution, and data…
as pastedData Provenance InitiativeThe initiative conducts large-scale audits of datasets used in training large language models (LLMs), focusing on aspects like licensing, attribution, and data ...Data Provenance InitiativeProvenanceArchaeology and anthropology researchers use the word provenience (or alternatively find-spot [42]) to refer to the exact location of discovery of an artifact, ...Wikipedia $ AI Mode Conversation
Wikipedia third_party
Provenance (provenience)
Archaeology and anthropology researchers use the word PROVENIENCE (or find-spot) to refer to the exact location of discovery of an artifact…
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used when ascertaining the source of goods such as computer hardware to assess if they are genuine or counterfeit. Chain of custody is an...