FTB-C000098 / Evidence concept

Data Lineage

Data lineage records where data came from, how it was transformed, and which entities, activities, and agents affected it.

Also known asprovenancetransformation lineage

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Definitions

In plain terms

It lets a learner or auditor trace a displayed value back through source records, code versions, parameters, and corrections.

Technical

Useful lineage captures source identity and version, transformations, inputs and outputs, execution time, responsible agent or system, configuration, and derivation links.

Scope

A source URL alone is not complete lineage, and lineage quality depends on retained granularity.

Examples

  • A governed dataset records data lineage explicitly and preserves the source context needed to interpret it.

Common misconceptions

  • Data Lineage does not have one universal meaning or policy without its declared source, scope, and data contract.

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Evidence and governance

  1. PROV-O: The PROV Ontology World Wide Web Consortium · official standard

    Supports: preferred label, short definition, technical definition

    Limits: It supplies a provenance vocabulary, not a financial-market lineage schema or retention policy.

  2. Fintech Builder Glossary Definition Contract The Fintech Builder · internal governed contract

    Supports: variant distinction

    Limits: Defines governed platform behavior rather than claiming these policies are universally prescribed by external McClellan methodology.

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Last reviewed
2026-07-26
Next review
2027-07-26
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Fintech engineer building market-data and financial systems, and the author of every article, glossary record, and reference implementation on The Fintech Builder.