def get_provenance_record(caption: str, ancestors: list):
    """Create a provenance record describing the diagnostic data and plots."""
    record = {
        'caption':
        caption,
        'domains': ['reg'],
        'authors': [
            'kalverla_peter',
            'smeets_stef',
            'brunner_lukas',
            'camphuijsen_jaro',
        ],
        'references': [
            'brunner2019',
            'lorenz2018',
            'knutti2017',
        ],
        'ancestors':
        ancestors,
    }
    return record