- From: Timothy Lebo <lebot@rpi.edu>
- Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 09:08:01 -0400
- To: Luc Moreau <L.Moreau@ecs.soton.ac.uk>
- Cc: "Miles, Simon" <simon.miles@kcl.ac.uk>, Provenance Working Group <public-prov-wg@w3.org>
On May 30, 2012, at 5:10 AM, Luc Moreau wrote:
> Hi Simon,
>
> I like your point about 'represents'. Your suggestion of using 'acts on behalf' is nice because it
> introduces the name of the relation we use in serializations.
>
> The reason for 'by itself or by another agent' comes from a comment from Tim on IRC last week,
> saying that we wanted to be able to support volunteering of an agent to act as a representative
> for another agent.
>
> Here is a revised definition.
>
> Delegation is the assignment of authority and responsibility to an agent (by itself or by another agent) to carry out a specific activity as a delegate or representative, while the agent it acts on behalf retains some responsibility for the outcome of the delegated work.
Looks great, modulo a grammar and flow check ("acts on behalf retains ") that I'm not sure how to fix.
-Tim
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