The Case for Browser Provenance

In our increasingly networked world, web browsers are important applications. Originally an interface tool for accessing distributed documents, browsers have become ubiquitous, incorporating a significant portion of user interaction. A modern browser now also reads email, plays media, edits documents, and runs applications. Consequently, browsers process large quantities of data, and must record metadata, such as history, to help users manage their data. Most of the metadata that modern browsers record is actually provenance

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2009
• Where: FAST
• Authors: Daniel W. Margo, Margo I. Seltzer
• Keywords: FAST 2009, Metadata, Modern Browsers, Operating System, Provenance