Open AccessThe Importance of Data Set Provenance for Science
Author(s) -
Denise Hills,
Robert B. Downs,
Ruth Duerr,
Justin Goldstein,
M. A. Parsons,
K. Ramapriyan
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2015eo040557
Subject(s) - provenance , context (archaeology) , interpretation (philosophy) , data set , set (abstract data type) , data science , computer science , information retrieval , data mining , geography , geology , artificial intelligence , archaeology , programming language , paleontology
Data do not exist in a vacuum. To be useful, data must be accompanied by context on how they are captured, processed, analyzed, and validated and other information that enables interpretation and use.