Principles of High Quality Documentation for Provenance: A Philosophical Discussion

Computer technology enables the creation of detailed documentation about the processes that create or affect entities (data, objects, etc.). Such documentation of the past can be used to answer various kinds of questions regarding the processes that led to the creation or modification of a particular entity. The answer to such questions is known as an entity's provenance. In this paper, we derive a number of principles for documenting the past, grounded in work from philosophy and history, which allow for provenance questions to be answered within a computational context. These principles lead us to argue that an interaction-based model is particularly suited for representing high quality documentation of the past.

The design of the Latin American Documentation System (DOCPAL); a report on the first four months

Includes bibliography

An outline of the Latin American Documentation System (DOCPAL)

Includes bibliography

Compatibility among population documentation systems to meet the needs of the Latin American region

Includes bibliography

Technical description of the DOCPAL System: aspects relevant to compatibility among population documentation systems

Includes bibliography

Antecedentes, organización y programas del Centro Latinoamericano de Documentación Económica y Social = Background, organization and programmes of the Latin American Centre for Economic and Social Documentation

Incluye Bibliografía

Patent Information and Documentation Unit within the Caribbean Documentation Centre, ECLAC

Includes bibliography

Centro de documentación para los países del Comité de Desarrollo y Cooperación del Caribe (CDCC) = Documentation centre to serve the countries of the Caribbean Development and Co-operation Committee (CDCC)

Incluye Bibliografía

Description of information activities of the Caribbean Documentation Centre

Analiza la información utilizada y generada por las unidades de información bibliográfica y los bancos de datos del Centro de Documentación del Caribe; su papel como coordinador regional del CARISPLAN; y presenta las actividades y una lista de publicaciones producidas por la Unidad de Población.

Estructura y flexibilidad en los sistemas de clasificación de documentación: una propuesta para América Latina = Structure and flexibility in classification schemes for documentation: a proposal for Latin America

Incluye Bibliografía