ISSUE-32: Bob definition

Bob definition

State:

CLOSED

Product:

prov-dm

Raised by:

Khalid Belhajjame

Opened on:

2011-07-21

Description:

The definition of Bob states that

"A BOB assertion is about a characterized entity, whose situation in the world is variant. A BOB assertion is made at a particular point and is invariant, in the sense that all the attributes are assigned a value as part of that assertion."

I suggest to modify the definition as follows:

"A BOB assertion is about a characterized entity, whose situation in the world *may be* variant. A BOB assertion is made at a particular point and is invariant, in the sense that *the attributes used to characterize the BOB* are assigned a value as part of that assertion."


"is variant" -> "may be variant": there may be situations in which a given entity has only one characterization which spans the life time of that entity.
"all attributes" -> "the attributes that characterize the BOB" or "the attributes associated with the BOB": this is to avoid people thinking that we have complete knowledge of all possible attribute that can be used to characterize the BOB.

Khalid

Related Actions Items:

No related actions

Related emails:

1. Re: PROV-ISSUE-32: Bob definition [Conceptual Model] (from L.Moreau@ecs.soton.ac.uk on 2011-08-22)
2. Re: PROV-ISSUE-32: Bob definition [Conceptual Model] (from GK@ninebynine.org on 2011-07-25)
3. RE: PROV-ISSUE-32: Bob definition [Conceptual Model] (from MYERSJ4@rpi.edu on 2011-07-25)
4. Re: PROV-ISSUE-32: Bob definition [Conceptual Model] (from L.Moreau@ecs.soton.ac.uk on 2011-07-25)
5. Re: PROV-ISSUE-32: Bob definition [Conceptual Model] (from mccusj@rpi.edu on 2011-07-25)
6. Re: PROV-ISSUE-32: Bob definition [Conceptual Model] (from Paolo.Missier@ncl.ac.uk on 2011-07-25)
7. Re: PROV-ISSUE-32: Bob definition [Conceptual Model] (from GK@ninebynine.org on 2011-07-21)
8. Re: PROV-ISSUE-32: Bob definition [Conceptual Model] (from mccusj@rpi.edu on 2011-07-21)
9. Re: PROV-ISSUE-32: Bob definition [Conceptual Model] (from l.moreau@ecs.soton.ac.uk on 2011-07-21)
10. PROV-ISSUE-32: Bob definition [Conceptual Model] (from sysbot+tracker@w3.org on 2011-07-21)

Related notes:

Display change log