PROV-ISSUE-143 (Tlebo): Qualifiers - why does order matter? [Data Model]

PROV-ISSUE-143 (Tlebo): Qualifiers - why does order matter? [Data Model]

http://www.w3.org/2011/prov/track/issues/143

Raised by: Timothy Lebo
On product: Data Model

Qualifiers are defined as having order. Why do they need to be ordered?


5.5.1 Qualifier

"A qualifier is an ordered list of name-value pairs, used to qualify use expressions, generation expressions and control expressions. "


6. PROV-DM Extensibility Points

"Qualifiers offer a mechanism to describe modalities of use, generation, and control They consist of ordered sequence of name-value pairs."

Received on Sunday, 6 November 2011 01:29:46 UTC