point of origin
163507·updated Aug 30, 2026This is a **compositional phrase**, not a term of art. In privacy and data-governance contexts it functions as plain descriptive language meaning the location, system, process, or entity from which a data element was first collected or generated — equivalent to "source" or "provenance." It appears in enumerated lists of data-inventory attributes (such as type, classification, owner, custodian, and source) without carrying a specialized meaning beyond the ordinary sense of its two words. No standards body (NIST, ISO, AICPA, CIS, or a named regulator) has assigned it a formal definition distinguishing it from everyday usage.
Source
, and point of origin. When defining otherthe sentence this term was read in
generalized from a web lookup of the quoted expression at proposal time Verdict: compositional.
A definition generalized from search results is a draft to react to, not provenance. Confirm it against an authority document before this term is verified.
A web lookup ran when this term was proposed
This phrase is compositional rather than a term of art. In information security, privacy, and compliance contexts, it functions as a plain-language descriptor for the geographic location, jurisdiction, or system location where data or content was first generated or collected — a concept invoked when determining which regulatory regime applies, how data must be routed or stored, and what provenance metadata should accompany a record. Its meaning is assembled from its ordinary words each time it appears, not drawn from a fixed definition in any authoritative glossary.
Advisory only. A term this product ships is defined by an authority document, not by a search result.
Proposed during multiword review of this document in the CKI mapping queue.
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- plural
- point of origins
- possessive
- point of origin's
- pluralpossessive
- point of origins'
Framework definitions
- §1 · attested_usage_reviewer_confirmed
- No definition is given in NIST SP 800-171r3. The term is attested in use at 1 citation in that document; a definition is pending curation.Increment 2: attested in 800-171r3 without a glossary definition.
- §1 · web_lookup_draft
- This is a **compositional phrase**, not a term of art. In privacy and data-governance contexts it functions as plain descriptive language meaning the location, system, process, or entity from which a data element was first collected or generated — equivalent to "source" or "provenance." It appears in enumerated lists of data-inventory attributes (such as type, classification, owner, custodian, and source) without carrying a specialized meaning beyond the ordinary sense of its two words. No standards body (NIST, ISO, AICPA, CIS, or a named regulator) has assigned it a formal definition distinguishing it from everyday usage.DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column