Re: PROV-ISSUE-560: type overlap question [prov-dm-constraints]

I've closed this now.

--James

On Oct 26, 2012, at 1:37 PM, James Cheney wrote:

> 
> There doesn't seem to be a clear consensus in favor of imposing additional disjointness constraints between subtypes of entity and agent.  I agree with Paul's point that it is better not to over-constrain.  (For example, maybe a person with multiple personalities could also be a collection?!)
> 
> I propose that no change is needed to address the issue.  Marked pending review.  Any objection to closing?
> 
> --James
> 
> On Sep 26, 2012, at 1:08 PM, Paul Groth wrote:
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>> Hi,
>> 
>> Just a response on this one, I think constraints should be there for
>> provenance purposes. Does the constraint help me make "better"
>> provenance? Obviously, we will always allow this overlap in the DM, so
>> does adding a constraint here help something.
>> 
>> My tendency is to not add more constraints if they are not
>> fundamental. This does not seem to be a fundamental thing.
>> 
>> cheers
>> 
>> Paul
>> 
>> On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 8:51 AM, Provenance Working Group Issue
>> Tracker <sysbot+tracker@w3.org> wrote:
>>> PROV-ISSUE-560: type overlap question [prov-dm-constraints]
>>> 
>>> http://www.w3.org/2011/prov/track/issues/560
>>> 
>>> Raised by: Luc Moreau
>>> On product: prov-dm-constraints
>>> 
>>> 
>>> It's clear that an activity cannot be an entity.
>>> 
>>> It's also clear that an agent may be an entity (or an activity).
>>> 
>>> Given this, can a prov:Person be a prov:Collection?  Currently, this is permitted.
>>> 
>>> We have not explicitly considered type overlap impossibility for subtypes of Entity and Agent.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> 
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>> Assistant Professor
>> - Knowledge Representation & Reasoning Group |
>> Artificial Intelligence Section | Department of Computer Science
>> - The Network Institute
>> VU University Amsterdam
>> 
>> 
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