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OPUS: A Lightweight System for Observational Provenance in User Space

Authors: 

Nikilesh Balakrishnan, Thomas Bytheway, Ripduman Sohan, and Andy Hopper, University of Cambridge

Abstract: 

A variety of current provenance systems address the challenges of provenance capture, storage and query. However they require special setup and configuration, do not capture all I/O operations and limit themselves to specific specialised platforms. In this paper we propose the design of a data provenance capture and query tool called OPUS. OPUS works entirely in user space, is light-weight and requires minimum user intervention. OPUS is based on a formal model for versioning provenance objects that enables the succinct, complete representation of I/O operations in a manner that abstracts it from the details of the underlying operating system.

Nikilesh Balakrishnan, University of Cambridge

Thomas Bytheway, University of Cambridge

Ripduman Sohan, University of Cambridge

Andy Hopper, University of Cambridge

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BibTeX
@inproceedings {180755,
author = {Nikilesh Balakrishnan and Thomas Bytheway and Ripduman Sohan and Andy Hopper},
title = {{OPUS}: A Lightweight System for Observational Provenance in User Space},
booktitle = {5th USENIX Workshop on the Theory and Practice of Provenance (TaPP 13)},
year = {2013},
address = {Lombard, IL},
url = {https://www.usenix.org/conference/tapp13/technical-sessions/presentation/balakrishnan},
publisher = {USENIX Association},
month = apr,
}
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