# Documenting metadata lineage and physical implementation information

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We have quite a few examples of this in the Knowledge Base:

> **[How to record data lineage](https://desk.zoho.com.au/portal/aristotlecloudservicesaustralia/en/kb/articles/how-to-record-data-lineage)**
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> How to Record Data Lineage  In a Dataset  1. Go to the "Create Metadata" page and select to create a Data Set. 2. Give the Dataset a name and optional definition, and select the  button.  3. In this step you will have to give the...

And in the Aristotle.Cloud user guide examples: [Collections | Data Lineage Examples - Aristotle.Cloud](https://aristotle.cloud/steward/acsa-user-guides/collection/6)

At the moment, we only support Data Lineage being done at a Dataset level using provenance records and these can be used to specify a source data set, with associated information.

We are currently undergoing development of an extension to Aristotle based on feedback from several clients to support linkages at the Distribution and logical path levels to allow for direct linkage between data tables.

In response to your summary questions:

1. How do we best represent data flow across tables across different data platforms?

2. Confirm that logical\_path is the best place to document the physical column name of a physical distribution? (we’ve always done it this way, but someone’s tried to tell me otherwise recently)

3. How best to locate whether a physical table is actually documented in Aristotle when all I know right now is the physical name?

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