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4.4.18: Provenance

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    This property refers to a description of changes in ownership and custody. The statement should include any changes of the resource that are significant for its authenticity, integrity and interpretation.

    Guidelines for the creation of content for provenance

    The description of the provenance of a resource includes all changes made to a resource.

    The provenance can be described by text,

    title Luxor Obelisk
    provenance  
      Originally located at the entrance to the Luxor temple the obelisk came to Paris in 1836 as a gift by Muhammad Ali Pasha.

    as linked data

    or desribed like another resource.

    title The flea circus  
    provenance    
      ownedBy 1829 - 1833; Jim Button
      ownedBy 1833 - 1915; My Library
      ownedBy since 1915; Flea Academy

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