Commerce
Provenance
The verifiable origin and history of an item — where it was made, from what, by whom, and how it has moved through the world.
Provenance is the story of a thing: raw materials, manufacturing location, certifications, custody chain, ownership history. For wine and spirits it's the difference between authentic and counterfeit; for textiles it's the difference between compliant and not.
Credible provenance needs more than a marketing page. It needs identified items (SGTIN), event records (EPCIS) and a tamper-evident carrier (often NFC) so the claims can be independently verified rather than just asserted.