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PrIMe: a methodology for developing provenance-aware applications

PrIMe: a methodology for developing provenance-aware applications
PrIMe: a methodology for developing provenance-aware applications
Provenance refers to the past processes that brought about a given (version of an) object, item or entity. By knowing the provenance of data, users can often better understand, trust, reproduce, and validate it. A provenance-aware application has the functionality to answer questions regarding the provenance of the data it produces, by using documentation of past processes. PrIMe is a software engineering technique for adapting application designs to enable them to interact with a provenance middleware layer, thereby making them provenance-aware. In this article, we specify the steps involved in applying PrIMe, analyse its effectiveness, and illustrate its use with two case studies, in bioinformatics and medicine.
provenance, methodology
1049-331X
8:1-8:42
Miles, Simon
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Groth, Paul
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Munroe, Steve
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Moreau, Luc
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Munroe, Steve
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Miles, Simon, Groth, Paul, Munroe, Steve and Moreau, Luc (2011) PrIMe: a methodology for developing provenance-aware applications. ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology, 20 (3), 8:1-8:42. (doi:10.1145/2000791.2000792).

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Provenance refers to the past processes that brought about a given (version of an) object, item or entity. By knowing the provenance of data, users can often better understand, trust, reproduce, and validate it. A provenance-aware application has the functionality to answer questions regarding the provenance of the data it produces, by using documentation of past processes. PrIMe is a software engineering technique for adapting application designs to enable them to interact with a provenance middleware layer, thereby making them provenance-aware. In this article, we specify the steps involved in applying PrIMe, analyse its effectiveness, and illustrate its use with two case studies, in bioinformatics and medicine.

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e-pub ahead of print date: 1 June 2009
Published date: August 2011
Keywords: provenance, methodology
Organisations: Web & Internet Science

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Local EPrints ID: 267450
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/267450
ISSN: 1049-331X
PURE UUID: 8a63a6df-edd0-4673-8d8f-d43fac65cc1d
ORCID for Luc Moreau: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-3494-120X

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Date deposited: 01 Jun 2009 21:45
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 08:50

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Author: Simon Miles
Author: Paul Groth
Author: Steve Munroe
Author: Luc Moreau ORCID iD

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