Discovery — how data is found and traced

Lineage

2 open standards for Lineage in a modern data architecture, each with an opinionated judgement: Adopt, Situational, Assess, or Caution.

Start with OpenLineage.

Adopt 1 standard

The standard to reach for in new work. Proven, multi-vendor, clearly the default for its slot.

  • OpenLineage

    The lineage-emission standard, with column-level support.

    Linux Foundation

Assess 1 standard

Promising but not yet proven for production-default use. Track it and prototype, but don't commit your architecture.

  • PROV — PROV — Provenance Family

    W3C provenance vocabulary; predates OpenLineage by a decade, fading.

    W3C

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See Lineage in context

These standards are one panel of the interactive Data Landscape, which maps every open standard a modern data architecture is built on. The underlying data is a single JSON file; disagree with a judgement? Open an issue.