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Title: The End-to-End Provenance Project
Award ID(s):
1832210
NSF-PAR ID:
10154583
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Patterns
Volume:
1
Issue:
2
ISSN:
2666-3899
Page Range / eLocation ID:
100016
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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