Re: PROV-ISSUE-406 (delegation-direction): Direction of prov:Delegation is non-intuitive [Ontology]

Hi Tim,

On 4 July 2012 22:12, Timothy Lebo <lebot@rpi.edu> wrote:

> Stian,
>
> Would renaming "Delegation" to "Altruism" satisfy this directionality
> concern?
>
> WG,
>
> (straw poll) Would anyone support renaming Delegation to Altruism?
>
> "behavior of an agent that benefits another at its own expense."
>

I am not a native speaker, but I have the impression that Altruism suggets
a strong "welfare of others", which is not necessary true in our case. In
your example below, :tim may have had to do the job because :stian is
:tim's boss, not because :tim cares about :stian :-)

khalid


>
> e.g.
>
> :tim
>    a prov:Agent;
>    prov:actedOnBehalfOf :stian;
>    prov:qualifiedAltruism [   # renamed from qualifiedDelegation
>         a prov:Altruism;           # renamed from Delegation
>         prov:agent :stian;
>         :inspired_by <http://www.w3.org/2011/prov/track/issues/406>;
>    ];
> .
>
>
> Thanks,
> Tim
>
>
>
> On Jul 2, 2012, at 9:21 PM, Timothy Lebo wrote:
>
> > Unfortunately, due to time and lack of momentum,and no clear solution,
> we agreed to postpone this issue during the prov-o call.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Tim
> >
> > On Jun 11, 2012, at 11:14 AM, Provenance Working Group Issue Tracker
> wrote:
> >
> >> PROV-ISSUE-406 (delegation-direction): Direction of prov:Delegation is
> non-intuitive [Ontology]
> >>
> >> http://www.w3.org/2011/prov/track/issues/406
> >>
> >> Raised by: Stian Soiland-Reyes
> >> On product: Ontology
> >>
> >> After the rename from prov:Responsibility to prov:Delegation, I believe
> the PROV-O mapping of actedOnBehalfOf is non-intuitive with regards to the
> direction.
> >>
> >>
> >> Consider the graph in
> >>
> >> http://www.w3.org/2011/prov/wiki/Eg-37-delegation-direction
> >>
> >> showing only the qualified relationship. If you read this intuitively,
> as someone who will find the RDF in the wild - it easily reads the wrong
> way.
> >>
> >>
> >> I've discussed some potential solutions on that wiki page:
> >>
> >>
> >> * Make <code>prov:hadDelegate</code> be the unqualified property and
> change the direction of <code>prov:Delegation</code>
> >> ** Should then be pretty obvious; would not have
> <code>prov:Agent</code> problem
> >> ** ..but wrong direction/term according to DM..
> >> *** DM to change actedOnBehalfOf(responsible, delegate) to
> hadDelegate(delegate, responsible)?
> >> * Use more specific properties like <code>prov:responsible</code>
> rather than confusing <code>prov:agent<code>
> >> ** but.. harder to identify the 'special' outgoing link of qualification
> >> * Rename <code>prov:Delegation</code> and
> <code>prov:qualifiedDelegation</code>
> >> ** prov:Delegate ?
> >> ** prov:ActedOnBehalfOf  ?
> >> ** .. ?
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Stian Soiland-Reyes
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
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