# Data Change Audit

> A technique for recording who changed which data, when, and from what value to what value.

Record: `lexicon:data-change-audit`
Kind: technique
Layer: [Observability](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/observability.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-data-change-audit

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Usage Instrumentation](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/usage-instrumentation.md) and before [Execution Log](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/execution-log.md).

## Category

- [Observability / Auditability / Traceability](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/observability-auditability-traceability.md)

## Refactors

- [Silent Data Corruption](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/silent-data-corruption.md)
- [Architecture Decision Records](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/architecture-decision-records.md)
- [Auditability](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/auditability.md)

## Linked from

- [Anti-patterns](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-anti-patterns.md)
- [Architecture Review / Evolution / Governance Artifacts](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance-artifacts.md)
- [Observability / Auditability / Traceability](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-observability-auditability-traceability.md)