Re: PROV-ISSUE-91 (what-to-define-for-location): what should we define under the heading 'location' [Conceptual Model]

Dear all,

Following this September message, I am proposing to close this issue 
formally.

This said, location is so weakly specified in the model, that it begs 
the question "what
does it do in the model at all". No specific data type, no specific 
property, no specific
constraint, no specific inference.  As part of the clean up, we could 
simply drop this
concept, and it wouldn't affect inter-operability!

If you have views on this, please raise them as new issues.

Regards,
Luc

On 09/23/2011 11:50 AM, Luc Moreau wrote:
>
> We are proposing to close this issue, pending review.
> The latest version of the document states that:
>
> Location is an OPTIONAL attribute of entity expressions and process 
> execution expressions.
>
> Feel free to reopen it, if you feel this is not right.
> Regards,
> Luc
>
> On 06/09/2011 12:47, Provenance Working Group Issue Tracker wrote:
>> PROV-ISSUE-91 (what-to-define-for-location): what should we define 
>> under the heading 'location' [Conceptual Model]
>>
>> http://www.w3.org/2011/prov/track/issues/91
>>
>> Raised by: Luc Moreau
>> On product: Conceptual Model
>>
>> We have received little input and there has been barely any 
>> discussion on location.
>> The current text is essentially copied from the wiki and is not 
>> aligned with the rest of the model.
>>
>> So, can entities have location?  If so, should location appear as an 
>> attribute of an entity?
>> So, should PIDM define some core attributes? or should this be left 
>> to a generic profile?
>>
>> What about process executions? PIDM does not have "attribute" for 
>> PEs. So, do we need to define a relation hasLocation?
>>
>> Is location unique for an entity/pe?
>>
>> Can people who have interest in location for provenance provide us 
>> with some guidance, so that we can write something sensible for the 
>> FPWD.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>

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Received on Wednesday, 30 November 2011 12:00:27 UTC