Re: generation by two distinct activities?

Hi Tim,

This is "scruffy" provenance, and as such, should be accepted.
It wouldn't satisfy constraints though: so, it's not valid.

Luc

On 05/17/2012 03:07 PM, Timothy Lebo wrote:
> prov-wg,
>
> I know this has been discussed before, but I'm still a bit confused.
>
> Can a single entity be generated by two distinct activities?
>
> I think in a distributed world of multiple perspectives, different asserters would look at the same entity and "carve up" activities differently that may not be necessarily the same.
>
> I'm sitting next to a water bottle.
> That same water bottle was generated by some activity in a factory, but it was also generated by my activity of driving to Target and handing over a Visa card.
> (and I don't care about reducing my bottle into "before I bought" and "after I bought" - I just want one bottle).
>
> Thanks!
> Tim
>
>
>    

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