Re: PROV-ISSUE-1 (define-resource): Definition for concept 'Resource' [Provenance Terminology]

Some comments are interleaved.

On 05/24/2011 10:39 AM, Graham Klyne wrote:
> Luc Moreau wrote:
>>
>> As a follow on to my previous message on resources, the wiki page [1]
>> also makes the distinction between a resource, a resource state, a
>> resource state representation.
>>
>> What is provenance going to be about?
>> a. provenance of a resource?
>> b. provenance of a resource state?
>> c. provenance of a resource state representation?
>>
>> Does it make sense to talk about a? b? c?
>> If so, what kind of "provenance statement" would be involved in a? b? c?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Luc
>>
>> [1] http://www.w3.org/2011/prov/wiki/Provenance_and_Web_Architecture
>
> I think it makes sense to talk about (a) and (c), but not generally 
> about (b).
>
> My rationale for this is that (b) is an intermediate construct that is 
> used to explain the linkage between (a) and (c), but in general (as 
> far as I'm aware) has no visibility exposed via Web architecture other 
> than (c).
>
> Example.
>
> Suppose we have an RDF file describing zebras:
>    (r1) http://example.com/zebras.rdf

Again, it would be useful to clarify what you mean here. Referring to
http://www.w3.org/2011/rdf-wg/wiki/GraphConceptTerminology,
do you see r1 as a g-box? g-snap? g-text?

>
> which contains statements referring to URIs
>    (r2) http://example.com/zebras/#zebra1
>    (r3) http://example.com/zebras/#zebra2
>
> Provenance information about (r1) would be an instance of (c) - noting 
> that in this case it would relate to the state of multiple resources.
>
> Provenance information about the referents of (r2) and (r3) would be 
> an instance of (a) - where they were born, who were their parents, etc.
>
> (I can imagine situations in which one explicitly constructs and 
> identifies a notion of resource state (e.g the state of health of a 
> zebra), but I'd see that as a special case constructed by an 
> application, not part of the general Web model.  But even in such a 
> case, what would it mean to refer to the provenance of an animals 
> state of health, as opposed to a record (representation) of its state 
> of health?)
>
Quoting the graph concept terminology document,

There may exist a need to make statements about a g-snap,..., thus a way 
to refer to one may be required

There may exist a need to make statements about a "state" of a g-box, 
either previous or future, thus a way to refer to a g-snap as being the 
state of g-box-X at Y time may be needed.

It seems this is quite relevant to us.


> #g
> -- 
>

Luc

>
>> On 05/20/2011 08:00 AM, Provenance Working Group Issue Tracker wrote:
>>> PROV-ISSUE-1 (define-resource): Definition for concept 'Resource' 
>>> [Provenance Terminology]
>>>
>>> http://www.w3.org/2011/prov/track/issues/1
>>>
>>> Raised by: Luc Moreau
>>> On product: Provenance Terminology
>>>
>>> The Provenance WG charter identifies the concept 'Resource' as a 
>>> core concept of the provenance interchange language to be 
>>> standardized (see http://www.w3.org/2011/01/prov-wg-charter).
>>>
>>> What term do we adopt for the concept 'Resource'?
>>> How do we define the concept 'Resource'?
>>> Where does concept 'Resource' appear in ProvenanceExample?
>>> Which provenance query requires the concept 'Resource'?
>>>
>>> Wiki page: http://www.w3.org/2011/prov/wiki/ConceptResource
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>

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