ISSUE-264: citing an Involvement and not a more specific Involvement.

TLebo

citing an Involvement and not a more specific Involvement.

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CLOSED

Product:

Ontology

Raised by:

Timothy Lebo

Opened on:

2012-02-24

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http://www.w3.org/mid/EMEW3|aa01983af1afff1ecca538db884f0120o1MEfY08L.Moreau|ecs.soton.ac.uk|4F46501B.2@ecs.soton.ac.uk :

On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 9:30 AM, Luc Moreau <L.Moreau@ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote:
Furthermore, the ontology allows for instances of involvements to be expressed, without
specifying its subclass (Usage, Generation, etc). This is not aligned with the data model.

This is a feature, not a bug. Even if Involvement were defined as equivalent to the union of subclasses, it would still be possible (and consistent) to assert that something is an Involvement without saying what the subclass is. We simply wouldn't know.


Tim proposed:

Then perhaps DM should add the general notion of "Involvements"?
If encoding DM in OWL led to this natural organization, perhaps it's reflecting something that DM has latently.

Perhaps this could be added as an "Extension Point": Other kinds of Involvements may be provided for domain-specific purposes, and interoperable tools would handle them at the generic understanding of "Involvement".

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1. Re: PROV-ISSUE-321 (dgarijo): Instances of involvements can be expressed without a subclass. [Ontology] (from L.Moreau@ecs.soton.ac.uk on 2012-03-28)
2. Re: PROV-ISSUE-321 (dgarijo): Instances of involvements can be expressed without a subclass. [Ontology] (from lebot@rpi.edu on 2012-03-27)
3. Re: PROV-ISSUE-264 (TLebo): citing an Involvement and not a more specific Involvement. [Ontology] (from L.Moreau@ecs.soton.ac.uk on 2012-03-15)
4. Re: PROV-ISSUE-264 (TLebo): citing an Involvement and not a more specific Involvement. [Ontology] (from lebot@rpi.edu on 2012-03-14)
5. Re: PROV-ISSUE-264 (TLebo): citing an Involvement and not a more specific Involvement. [Ontology] (from dgarijo@delicias.dia.fi.upm.es on 2012-03-14)
6. PROV-ISSUE-264 (TLebo): citing an Involvement and not a more specific Involvement. [Ontology] (from sysbot+tracker@w3.org on 2012-02-24)
7. Re: reviewer feedback on prov-o ontology (from lebot@rpi.edu on 2012-02-23)

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