originatedepart

Originatedepart is a term used in logistics, scheduling, and data modeling to denote the originating location and the scheduled departure of a shipment, voyage, or process. It functions as a concise field or composite value that captures where an item began its journey and when it is planned to depart. The term is a portmanteau of origin and depart and is commonly found in internal data dictionaries, APIs, and data schemas that emphasize compact representation of trip provenance.

In practice, originatedepart can be stored as a structured pair (location and time) or as a single string that combines both elements, for example “Boston, 2025-12-20 14:30.” In data pipelines, it serves as a provenance anchor, enabling traceability and synchronization across systems that track goods or passengers. It may appear as a standard field in transportation data models or as a custom field tailored to an organization's data architecture.

Relationship to related fields includes connections to origin (starting point) and departure (departure time), and it is often complemented by destination, ETA, ETD, and arrival data to form a complete trip record. Originatedepart supports data integrity, auditing, and cross-system reconciliation by providing a single reference point for where and when a journey began.

Examples and usage notes: Freight manifests and passenger itineraries may list originatedepart to indicate the initial point and scheduled depart time. While not a universal standard, the concept aids interoperability when paired with clear metadata.

See also: logistics data fields, data provenance, shipment tracking, transportation data standards.