Re: PROV-ISSUE-243 (TLebo): how to interpret ASN assertions with incomplete arity?

Thanks, Luc.

I closed it and will raise a new issue if I find it during the next review.

Regards,
Tim


On Mar 28, 2012, at 11:50 AM, Luc Moreau wrote:

> Hi Tim,
> 
> We have revisited the prov-n grammar, and addressed this concern.
> 
> See examples for generation
> http://dvcs.w3.org/hg/prov/raw-file/default/model/prov-n.html#expression-Generation
> 
> The intuitive rule is:
>  - use '-' for an absent argument.
>  - drop it, if there is no ambiguity.
> 
> I am closing this issue, pending review.
> 
> Luc
> 
> 
> On 02/06/2012 09:52 PM, Provenance Working Group Issue Tracker wrote:
>> PROV-ISSUE-243 (TLebo): how to interpret ASN assertions with incomplete arity?
>> 
>> http://www.w3.org/2011/prov/track/issues/243
>> 
>> Raised by: Timothy Lebo
>> On product:
>> 
>> wasGeneratedBy is defined as arity 5.
>> 
>> The DM asserts in a rule (I've changed the variables):
>> 
>> wasGeneratedBy(a,b,c)
>> 
>> is c a(n) 1) Activity 2) Time 3) attribute-values?
>> 
>> The answer is intended to be 3), but it is clearly ambiguous without context.
>> 
>> I propose to include parameter omissions explicitly in ASN statements:
>> 
>> wasGeneratedBy(a,b,[],[],c)
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Tim
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>   
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