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Candidate Semantic-Trail to W3C PROV Mapping

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Reuse first

The Semantic Trail architecture should extend W3C PROV rather than create a parallel provenance substrate.

| Semantic-trail element | Candidate PROV representation | |---|---| | Source artifact | prov:Entity | | Trace, projection, or summary | prov:Entity | | Creation, extraction, compression, translation, or generation | prov:Activity | | Human, institution, community, or role | prov:Agent | | Language model or software system | prov:SoftwareAgent | | Trace generation | prov:wasGeneratedBy | | Source read or retrieval | prov:used | | Attribution | prov:wasAttributedTo | | Derivation | prov:wasDerivedFrom | | Revision | prov:wasRevisionOf | | Responsible agent | prov:wasAssociatedWith | | Witness package | prov:Bundle |

Required Telic Field extensions

PROV remains domain-general. A semantic-trail profile requires additional terms for:

center_of_standing
affected_center
evidence_status
descriptive_authority
interpretive_authority
action_authority
consent_scope
protected_condition
uncertainty_status
semantic_integrity_status
valid_time
expiry
contest
release
uptake
consequence

Design constraints

• A provenance graph must not expose protected source context merely to prove lineage.
• Model-generated reformulations remain derived entities.
• A summary must point to source entities and transformation activity.
• Corrections should create revisions rather than silently rewriting historical use.
• Release may disable future use while preserving a bounded historical witness.
• Provenance completeness does not establish truth, legitimacy, or consent.