RE: PROV-ISSUE-66 (is-execution-a-bob): Why is process execution not defined as a characterised entity? [Conceptual Model]

>> 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.)

>We had earlier discussed "involvedIn" - I am not suggesting that we use
the term but it is a potential candidate. Since use and generation also
are "kinds of participation", it may be more natural to consider it as a
parent property?

 

 

I would not consider use and generation to fit the term participation -
they are 1-way terms whereas participation implies (to me) some
back-and-forth interaction - something vague like affectedBy seems like
the parent idea. I do see participates being consistent both with things
that are the 'substrate' of a PE and agents/control - both have that
interaction flavor. But again - the key thing is to have something
distinct from use and generation in the model. Having a superclass for
all of them sounds fine if we see the need/use case - probably a useful
convenience anyway for querying.

 

Cheers,

Jim