Risk & governance
Data lineage
The traceable path data follows through systems and transformations.
Definition
Data lineage maps how source records move, combine and change before contributing to a model input, feature, output or decision.
Why it matters
It helps a bank investigate incorrect outcomes and prove which governed sources affected a regulated process.
Related concepts
- Data provenance
The origin, ownership and transformation history of data.
- Retrieval-augmented generation
Generating answers using information retrieved at request time.
- Audit trail
A durable record of inputs, evidence, decisions, actions and versions.