RE: PROV-ISSUE-66 (is-execution-a-bob): Why is process execution not defined as a characterised entity? [Conceptual Model] from Myers, Jim on 2011-08-02 (public-prov-wg@w3.org from August 2011)

From: Myers, Jim <MYERSJ4@rpi.edu>
Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2011 21:43:30 -0400
To: Satya Sahoo <satya.sahoo@case.edu>, Luc Moreau <L.Moreau@ecs.soton.ac.uk>
CC: <public-prov-wg@w3.org>
Message-ID: <B7376F3FB29F7E42A510EB5026D99EF204041407@troy-be-ex2.win.rpi.edu>

>>> Continuant/BOB: A thing that exists in full at any time in which it exists
at all, persists through time while maintaining its identity and has no
temporal parts.

Bobs would need to represent people who grow up an documents whose content changes - does this qualify as not having temporal parts?
explanation).

>>>> As Jim discusses, BOB and PE are related by the participation property
(which would make use and generation its sub-properties).

What would you call the type of participation that is neither used nor generation? (I suggested reserving the term participation for this subset, but as long as we can distinguish it in the model, the name is less important.)

Jim

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