# Provenance is the recorded history of a piece of content: where it came from, what changed it, and who vouches for it.

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A claim from The Knowledge Company register: Provenance is the recorded history of a piece of content: where it came from, what changed it, and who vouches for it. Checked against C2PA — Content Credentials explainer, specification 2.4 · Owner: Research.

KC-D20

· Company claim

· Signal

VERIFIED — Sep 19, 2026

STALE AFTER — Dec 18, 2026

[SOURCE — C2PA — Content Credentials explainer, specification 2.4 · Owner: Research ↗](https://spec.c2pa.org/specifications/specifications/2.4/explainer/Explainer.html)

## What this record is

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## Source of truth

C2PA — Content Credentials explainer, specification 2.4 · Owner: Research

[Open the source ↗](https://spec.c2pa.org/specifications/specifications/2.4/explainer/Explainer.html)

## Where this claim appears

[knowledgecompany.ai/dictionary/provenance](https://knowledgecompany.ai/dictionary/provenance)

## Cite this claim

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