- From: Paul Groth <p.t.groth@vu.nl>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 08:53:43 +0200
- To: Stephan Zednik <zednis@rpi.edu>
- CC: "public-prov-wg@w3.org" <public-prov-wg@w3.org>
+1 for participation being with respect to agents and being a more general version of control. Paul On Jul 27, 2011, at 4:19, Stephan Zednik <zednis@rpi.edu> wrote: > I would argue against Participation as a parent property of > isGeneratedBy. I do not think that being the result of a process > execution entails participation. Does a cake participate in getting > baked? Does 'book now owned by person b' participate in getting sold > from person A to person B? > > For that matter, I am not sure I am happy with Participation as a parent > property of isUsedBy. When I think of participation I think of agents. > Agents participate, non-agents get used. If a thing with no agency is > acted upon in a process execution, is it participating? > > I would agree that Participation is a parent property to > isControlledBy. It would seem logical to argue that an agent that > controls a process execution, participates in the process execution. > > --Stephan > > On 7/26/2011 7:29 PM, Provenance Working Group Issue Tracker wrote: >> PROV-ISSUE-49 (Participation): Suggested definition for Participation [Conceptual Model] >> >> http://www.w3.org/2011/prov/track/issues/49 >> >> Raised by: Satya Sahoo >> On product: Conceptual Model >> >> Participation is a property linking BOB with Process execution,where BOB isUsedBy or isGeneratedBy or plays some other role in a Process execution. >> >> This definition makes participation a parent property of both isUsedBy and isGeneratedBy properties. Also, this helps cover scenarios where BOB helps in execution of a process but is not consumed by or generated by process execution (it can be re-used in another process execution) >> >> >> >> > >
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