ISSUE-32: Bob definition
Bob definition
- State:
- CLOSED
- Product:
- prov-dm
- Raised by:
- Khalid Belhajjame
- Opened on:
- 2011-07-21
- Description:
- The definition of Bob states that
"A BOB assertion is about a characterized entity, whose situation in the world is variant. A BOB assertion is made at a particular point and is invariant, in the sense that all the attributes are assigned a value as part of that assertion."
I suggest to modify the definition as follows:
"A BOB assertion is about a characterized entity, whose situation in the world *may be* variant. A BOB assertion is made at a particular point and is invariant, in the sense that *the attributes used to characterize the BOB* are assigned a value as part of that assertion."
"is variant" -> "may be variant": there may be situations in which a given entity has only one characterization which spans the life time of that entity.
"all attributes" -> "the attributes that characterize the BOB" or "the attributes associated with the BOB": this is to avoid people thinking that we have complete knowledge of all possible attribute that can be used to characterize the BOB.
Khalid - Related Actions Items:
- No related actions
- Related emails:
- Re: PROV-ISSUE-32: Bob definition [Conceptual Model] (from L.Moreau@ecs.soton.ac.uk on 2011-08-22)
- Re: PROV-ISSUE-32: Bob definition [Conceptual Model] (from GK@ninebynine.org on 2011-07-25)
- RE: PROV-ISSUE-32: Bob definition [Conceptual Model] (from MYERSJ4@rpi.edu on 2011-07-25)
- Re: PROV-ISSUE-32: Bob definition [Conceptual Model] (from L.Moreau@ecs.soton.ac.uk on 2011-07-25)
- Re: PROV-ISSUE-32: Bob definition [Conceptual Model] (from mccusj@rpi.edu on 2011-07-25)
- Re: PROV-ISSUE-32: Bob definition [Conceptual Model] (from Paolo.Missier@ncl.ac.uk on 2011-07-25)
- Re: PROV-ISSUE-32: Bob definition [Conceptual Model] (from GK@ninebynine.org on 2011-07-21)
- Re: PROV-ISSUE-32: Bob definition [Conceptual Model] (from mccusj@rpi.edu on 2011-07-21)
- Re: PROV-ISSUE-32: Bob definition [Conceptual Model] (from l.moreau@ecs.soton.ac.uk on 2011-07-21)
- PROV-ISSUE-32: Bob definition [Conceptual Model] (from sysbot+tracker@w3.org on 2011-07-21)
Related notes:
Khalid's suggestion adopted (with some editorial adjustment).
Luc Moreau, 5 Aug 2011, 14:50:40Display change log