- From: Ralph TQ [Gmail] <rhodgson@topquadrant.com>
- Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2012 12:17:51 -0800
- To: Timothy Lebo <lebot@rpi.edu>
- Cc: public-prov-comments@w3.org
- Message-Id: <4CEB188A-3AD8-4118-9F53-D9FA0863AAF6@topquadrant.com>
Tim, I consider both properties, prov:wasInfluencedBy and prov:wasInformedBy, semantically close. Colloquially, one states that something was 'informed by" something else. In QUDT we want to say what guided or even contributed wholesale to a unit description. The domain and range of prov:wasInformedBy are both prov:Activity, whereas in QUDT, I am clearly speaking of an (abstract) Entity. If were were to run an inference Units would become Activities. To avoid this incorrect inference, we need to use prov:wasInfluencedBy. But that, to my way of thinking, has weaker semantics. Albeit a small point but a source of confusion that can lead to wrong inferences. Ralph Hodgson, @ralphtq Mobile Phone: +1 781-789-1664 CTO, TopQuadrant, @TopQuadrant On Nov 4, 2012, at 12:01 PM, Timothy Lebo <lebot@rpi.edu> wrote: > Ralph, > > Thanks for your comment regarding the confusion between wasInfluencedBy and wasInformedBy. > > As you point out in your email and in your diagram, wasInformedBy is a restricted sub property of wasInfluencedBy. > > Could you elaborate on what can be "easily confused"? > > You mention that you notice the confusion when extending PROV-O with your ontology. Could you provide an example that helps highlight the confusion? > > Finally, do you have any suggestions for what the working group can do to clarify the distinction between the two properties? > > Thanks for your help. We're happy to make changes to the documents, we just need to know a bit more about what we need to address. > > Regards, > Tim > > p.s. We've assigned your comment to the issue https://www.w3.org/2011/prov/track/issues/592 > > > On Nov 2, 2012, at 1:03 PM, Ralph TQ [Gmail] <rhodgson@topquadrant.com> wrote: > >> PROVO-O properties prov:wasInfluencedBy and prov:wasInformedBy are easily confused. We notice this when we are describing what has 'informed' what in descriptions and other assertions in QUDT. >> >> The diagram below, from TopBraid, shows the schema associated with these properties. prov:wasInformedBy has a restricted domain and range over its super-property prov:wasInfluencedBy. Perhaps the rationale for this is somewhere in the working group postings? >> >> <Screen Shot 2012-11-02 at 9.59.31 AM.png> >> Ralph Hodgson, @ralphtq >> >> CTO, TopQuadrant, @TopQuadrant >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >
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