- From: Luc Moreau <L.Moreau@ecs.soton.ac.uk>
- Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2011 22:00:32 +0100
- To: public-prov-wg@w3.org
Hi Khalid, This issue was closed, pending review. Are you satisfied with the changes? Can we close it? Alternatively, you can reopen it, or create a more specific issue. Thanks, Luc On 21/07/11 19:49, Provenance Working Group Issue Tracker wrote: > PROV-ISSUE-32: Bob definition [Conceptual Model] > > http://www.w3.org/2011/prov/track/issues/32 > > Raised by: Khalid Belhajjame > On product: Conceptual Model > > 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 > > > >
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