Re: prov-overview - call for suggestions

On Mar 18, 2013, at 6:19 AM, Graham Klyne <graham.klyne@zoo.ox.ac.uk> wrote:

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> On 17/03/2013 11:50, Paul Groth wrote:
>> Hi All,
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>> I'm interested in what you think of the current status prov-overview
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>> http://www.w3.org/TR/prov-overview/
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>> Are there any additions, clarifications, etc that you'd like?
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>> Please let me know, I'd like to do a pass in about two weeks.
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>> Thanks
>> Paul
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> Hi Paul, looks good.
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> Some off-the-cuff notes:
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> Section 1 diagram looks good, but it seems a little odd to me that PROV-N is in there with PROV-DFM and constraints rather than shown beside the serializations.  I understand that PROV-N is used by PROV-DM, but at this 50,000-foot level I think it might more usefully be shown as "justy another" serialization.
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> Technically, PROV-O isn't itself a serialization, but a vocabulary that can be serialized as RDF.  But maybe it's best to leave that as is, or things get complicated.

Although Graham is accurate, I think that the current portrayal is appropriate for the intent of the overview.

-Tim


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> The statement "At its core is a conceptual data model, which defines a common vocabulary used to describe provenance" seems to be slightly at odds with the classification of PROV-0DM as being for "advanced" users.
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> #g
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