Re: PROV-ISSUE-148 (WasScheduledAfter): wasScheduledAfter definition is difficult to understand

Hi Khalid,
Can we now close this issue?
Luc

On 03/23/2012 01:20 PM, Luc Moreau wrote:
> Hi Khalid,
>
> The relation  wasScheduledAfter was superseded by (the overloaded) 
> wasStartedBy,
> itself supersed by wasStartedByActivity (see resolution [1]).
>
> I therefore propose to close this issue unless you suggest otherwise.
>
> Regards,
> Luc
>
> [1] http://www.w3.org/2011/prov/meeting/2012-03-15#resolution_2
>
>
> On 11/10/2011 03:47 PM, Provenance Working Group Issue Tracker wrote:
>> PROV-ISSUE-148 (WasScheduledAfter): wasScheduledAfter definition is 
>> difficult to understand
>>
>> http://www.w3.org/2011/prov/track/issues/148
>>
>> Raised by: Khalid Belhajjame
>> On product:
>>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Trying to model wasScheduledAfter in PROV-O, I found it difficult to 
>> understand what wasScheduledAfter means.
>>
>> According to the definition: "Given two activity records identified 
>> by pe1 and pe2, the record wasScheduledAfter(pe2,pe1) holds, if and 
>> only if there are two entity records identified by e1 and e2, such 
>> that wasControlledBy(pe1,e1,qualifier(prov:role="end")) and 
>> wasControlledBy(pe2,e2,qualifier(prov:role="start")) and 
>> wasDerivedFrom(e2,e1)."
>>
>> There are three issues:
>> 1- Why does the agent e2 needs to be derived from the agent e1?
>>
>> 2- Can an agent be derived from another? (This second issue is 
>> secondary).
>>
>> 3- There is an assumption in the definition that the activity pe1 
>> needs to be explicitly terminated by an agent? I guess there are 
>> cases, the activity will terminates without an agent intervention, 
>> and will be followed by the execution of other activity. According to 
>> the above definition, in those cases, we will not be able to use 
>> wasScheduledAfter.
>>
>> khalid
>>
>>
>>
>>
>

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