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Association
An activity association is an assignment of responsibility to an agent for an activity, indicating that the agent had a role in the activity. It further allows for a plan to be specified, which is the plan intended by the agent to achieve some goals in the context of this activity.
| definition | PROV-N parameter | PROV-O property | PROV-XML element |
| activity: an identifier for the activity | a | prov:qualifiedAssociationOf* | prov:activity |
| agent: an optional identifier for the agent associated with the activity | ag (optional) | prov:agent | prov:agent (optional) |
| plan: an optional identifier for the plan the agent relied on in the context of this activity | pl (optional) | prov:hadPlan | prov:plan (optional) |
* - use of inverse property preferred
Delegation
Delegation is the assignment of authority and responsibility to an agent (by itself or by another agent) to carry out a specific activity as a delegate or representative, while the agent it acts on behalf of retains some responsibility for the outcome of the delegated work.
| definition | PROV-N parameter | PROV-O property | PROV-XML element |
| delegate: an identifier for the agent associated with an activity, acting on behalf of the responsible agent | ag2 | prov:qualifiedDelegationOf* | prov:delegate |
| responsible: an identifier for the agent, on behalf of which the delegate agent acted | ag1 | prov:agent | prov:responsible |
| activity: an optional identifier of an activity for which the delegation link holds | a (optional) | prov:hadActivity | prov:activity (optional) |
* - use of inverse property preferred