Re: PROV-ISSUE-8 (define-generation): Definition for Concept 'Generation' [Provenance Terminology]

Daniel,

I was assuming that such properties (like time of generation) would be 
associated with some level of process or process execution, but maybe I 
misunderstand the intent.  I think it's sometimes hard trying to define things 
in isolation - and maybe we see things fitting together in different ways.

When I looked at both OPM and PML, I thought there was a core of ideas common to 
both that included "resources", "processes", "provenance" and some fundamental 
ways in which they are related.  I think it's this core of inescapable notions 
and their relationships that's maybe more interesting than their individual 
definitions.

#g
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Daniel Garijo wrote:
> Hi Jun, all.
> I think that it refers to the /generation provenance /that you talk 
> about in
> the last lines of your definition. Having "generation" as a concept would
> allow to add more metadata about when was a resource/resource 
> state/resource state representation
> generated, where, etc.
> 
> If we treat the generation as a property, we will have to add more 
> properties
> to describe the generation of the resource (like wasGeneratedAtTime, 
> wasGeneratedAtPlace, etc).
> Daniel
> 
> 2011/5/31 Graham Klyne <GK@ninebynine.org <mailto:GK@ninebynine.org>>
> 
>     I agree.
> 
>     #g
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>     Jun Zhao wrote:
> 
>         I propose Generation should be a relationship rather than a concept.
> 
>         See
>         http://www.w3.org/2011/prov/wiki/ConceptGeneration#Definition_by_Jun
> 
>         cheers,
> 
>         Jun
> 
>         On 20/05/2011 08:07, Provenance Working Group Issue Tracker wrote:
> 
> 
>             PROV-ISSUE-8 (define-generation): Definition for Concept
>             'Generation' [Provenance Terminology]
> 
>             http://www.w3.org/2011/prov/track/issues/8
> 
>             Raised by: Luc Moreau
>             On product: Provenance Terminology
> 
>             The Provenance WG charter identifies the concept
>             'Generation' as a core concept of the provenance interchange
>             language to be standardized (see
>             http://www.w3.org/2011/01/prov-wg-charter).
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>             What term do we adopt for the concept 'Generation'?
>             How do we define the concept 'Generation'?
>             Where does concept 'Generation' appear in ProvenanceExample?
>             Which provenance query requires the concept 'Generation'?
> 
>             Wiki page: http://www.w3.org/2011/prov/wiki/ConceptGeneration
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