Patent ID: 8819010

Claim:
A method for presenting data lineage information, the method comprising: assigning, using a processor of a computer, a score to each data asset in a set of data assets along a data lineage path in a data lineage graph between a data source and a data destination by applying a scoring function to one or more characteristics of the data asset; identifying a subset of the set of data assets whose score meets inclusion criteria, wherein each data asset whose score exceeds a first threshold is included in the subset and one or more additional data assets whose scores exceed a second threshold and are below the first threshold are included in the subset in response to determining that these one or more additional data assets are to be used to meet a certain depth for the data lineage path; and presenting via a computer-controlled output medium a description of the data source, the data destination, and the path between the data source and the data destination, wherein the path includes the subset of the data assets.