Provenance
Information about assets (aka entities in W3C terminology), activities, and agents involved in producing and/or updating a piece of data or thing. Provenance describes the use and production of assets by activities, which is influenced in various ways by agents.
Attributes
| Attribute | Type | Multiplicity | Attribute note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Provenance Purpose Of Use Code | Codeable Concept | 0..* | Uniquely specifies the reason for performing a provenance on an asset by an agent, which may be permitted by source system's security policy in accordance with one or more privacy policies and consent directives (e.g., "legal", "records management", "enrollment", "patient administration").
Value Set:
http://terminology.hl7.org/ValueSet/v3-PurposeOfUse |
| Provenance Policy URI | String | 0..* | Provenance is deeply dependent on regulatory policies. Legal frameworks make provenance mandatory, dictating what must be tracked, how long data must be retained, and the auditability required for compliance. |
| Provenance Recorded Date Time | Date Time | 1 | The date and time when the provenance information was recorded / updated. |
| Provenance Reason | String | 0..1 | A textual description of the event recorded in this provenance. |
Relationships
| From class | From multiplicity | Relationship | To class | To multiplicity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Provenance | 0..* | related to | Patient | 0..1 |
| Activity | 1..* | has | Provenance | 1 |
| Provenance | 0..* | related to | Encounter | 0..1 |
| Provenance | 0..1 | Patient Consent Temporary Override Event | 0..* | |
| Provenance | 0..1 | Patient Consent | 0..* | |
| Provenance | 0..* | is subject | Patient | 0..1 |
| Signature | 0..* | uses | Provenance | 0..1 |
| Service Request | 0..1 | has | Provenance | 0..* |
Contact us
If you have questions about this initiative, would like to be added to our stakeholder notification list or would like to participate in our consultations, please email us.
How to cite:
Canadian Institute for Health Information. Provenance. Accessed November 02, 2026.
