Re: PROV-ISSUE-147 (Replace recipe): Change the name if "Recipe" [Data Model]

Of. Should have been 'Change the name of "Recipe"'.

Jim

On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 10:16 AM, Provenance Working Group Issue
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> PROV-ISSUE-147 (Replace recipe): Change the name if "Recipe" [Data Model]
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> http://www.w3.org/2011/prov/track/issues/147
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> Raised by: James McCusker
> On product: Data Model
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> We chose Recipe to be explicitly clear about the use of a method or plan to guide a ProcessExecution. We should find a broader term that isn't as tied to the cake example. This is what I recommend. We start with the term "Recipe" and replace it with ever more general terms that are unambiguous. We then accept the broadest possible term that cannot be confused with an occurrent.
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> My first cut is "Plan". It's short, simple, and unambiguous. I think it's sufficiently general to cover the definition of "Recipe" without being confused with "Process".
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