Data Lineage
What is Data Lineage?
The tracking and documentation of the origin, transformations, and movement of data throughout its lifecycle. Data lineage is essential for AI governance, regulatory compliance, and troubleshooting data quality issues.
Terms that appear alongside data lineage
Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as data lineage. The number is how many controls name both.
- audit 5 shared controls
- data quality 5 shared controls
- audit trail 4 shared controls
- consent 3 shared controls
- gdpr 3 shared controls
- compliance 3 shared controls
- encryption 2 shared controls
- encryption at rest 2 shared controls
Frameworks that govern data lineage
What the standards actually require on data lineage
Requirements naming data lineage across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.
Document end-to-end data lineage from sources through transformations to consumers.
DMBOK-DI-02 · Data Lineage and Movement →Data lineage information is available, and the provenance and movement of sensitive data can be traced across the cloud environment.
CDMC-KC14 · Data Lineage →Data lineage and data flows are documented and maintained across the data supply chain.
DCAM-5.2 · Data Lineage and Flows →GS1 DATA SECURITY + INTEGRITY in supply chain data exchange. KEY PRINCIPLES: (1) DATA INTEGRITY - master data + EPCIS events + GDSN exchanges must be ACCURATE + COMPLETE + TIMELY + reflect true state of supply chain;
GS1-DataSecurity-Integrity-AccessControl · GS1 Data Security and Integrity in Exchange, Access Control and Tamper Evidence →HL7 FHIR Audit + Provenance + Digital Signatures. AUDITEVENT LOGGING (FHIR-SEC-07 + FHIR-SEC-4.1) - FHIR AuditEvent Resource for structured audit logging + IETF RFC 3881 + IHE ATNA + DICOM Audit + comprehensive audit trail of: (a) authentication events;
HL7-FHIR-Audit-Provenance-DigitalSignatures-Integrity · HL7 FHIR Audit + Provenance + Digital Signatures + AuditEvent Resource + Audit Log Integrity + Retention →Data Management Plan (DMP) per ICH E6 + ICH E8(R1) (General Considerations for Clinical Studies) + ICH E9 (Statistical Principles): study database design + EDC system + data capture sources + data collection + data flow + database lock + transfer to statistics...
ICH-E6-DataMgmt-ExternalData-EHRs-RealWorldData-Coord-FDA-EMA · ICH E6 Data Management + External Data + EHR + Real-World Data + Coordination FDA + EMA + PMDA + ICH Family →Questions people ask about data lineage
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