- From: Khalid Belhajjame <Khalid.Belhajjame@cs.man.ac.uk>
- Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2011 22:48:47 +0100
- To: Luc Moreau <L.Moreau@ecs.soton.ac.uk>
- CC: public-prov-wg@w3.org
Hi Luc, > 1. Can an agent be defined independently of processes? Yes. In principle, an agent can be associated with zero or multiple process executions. > 2. You are using various verbs relating agents to process execution: > > agent controls process execution (Khalid) When I used the verb "control", I guess I was thinking of situations in which the agent: - initiates a process execution and/or - terminates a process execution > agent is involved in process execution (Jun) Jun also used the verb perform, which I guess refer to situations in which the process is manual, and it is the responsibility of the agent to perform it, e.g., baking bread. Thanks, khalid > agent is linked to process execution (Satya) > > Can these verbs be clarified further and distinguished? > > Cheers, > Luc > > > On 06/06/11 19:38, Khalid Belhajjame wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I added a definition of the concept "agent". >> >> Definition: An agent is a (physical or digital) entity that controls >> one or multiple process executions >> >> - The newspaper, the blogger and the government portal are examples >> of agents >> >> I would prefer to use the term “controller” instead of “agent”. To >> me, the term “agent” is a bit vague. >> >> Thanks, khalid >> >> On 20/05/2011 08:04, Provenance Working Group Issue Tracker wrote: >>> PROV-ISSUE-4 (define-agent): Definition for Concept 'Agent' >>> [Provenance Terminology] >>> >>> http://www.w3.org/2011/prov/track/issues/4 >>> >>> Raised by: Luc Moreau >>> On product: Provenance Terminology >>> >>> The Provenance WG charter identifies the concept 'Agent' as a core >>> concept of the provenance interchange language to be standardized >>> (see http://www.w3.org/2011/01/prov-wg-charter). >>> >>> What term do we adopt for the concept 'Agent'? >>> How do we define the concept 'Agent'? >>> Where does concept 'Agent' appear in ProvenanceExample? >>> Which provenance query requires the concept 'Agent'? >>> >>> Wiki page: http://www.w3.org/2011/prov/wiki/ConceptAgent >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> > >
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