Re: PROV-ISSUE-8 (define-generation): Definition for Concept 'Generation' [Provenance Terminology]

Hi Graham, all.
If we associate the time to the process execution, it does not necessary
mean that
the process execution generated the resource at a specific time. In fact,
the process
execution could continue once the resource has been generated...

However, I agree with you that we should focus first in the main concepts
like
"resource" and "process", because if a process execution is supposed to end
when the artifact is generated, maybe it would be better to associate the
time to it.

Daniel

2011/6/1 Graham Klyne <GK@ninebynine.org>

> Daniel,
>
> I was assuming that such properties (like time of generation) would be
> associated with some level of process or process execution, but maybe I
> misunderstand the intent.  I think it's sometimes hard trying to define
> things in isolation - and maybe we see things fitting together in different
> ways.
>
> When I looked at both OPM and PML, I thought there was a core of ideas
> common to both that included "resources", "processes", "provenance" and some
> fundamental ways in which they are related.  I think it's this core of
> inescapable notions and their relationships that's maybe more interesting
> than their individual definitions.
>
> #g
> --
>
>
> Daniel Garijo wrote:
>
>> Hi Jun, all.
>> I think that it refers to the /generation provenance /that you talk about
>> in
>> the last lines of your definition. Having "generation" as a concept would
>> allow to add more metadata about when was a resource/resource
>> state/resource state representation
>> generated, where, etc.
>>
>> If we treat the generation as a property, we will have to add more
>> properties
>> to describe the generation of the resource (like wasGeneratedAtTime,
>> wasGeneratedAtPlace, etc).
>> Daniel
>>
>> 2011/5/31 Graham Klyne <GK@ninebynine.org <mailto:GK@ninebynine.org>>
>>
>>
>>    I agree.
>>
>>    #g
>>    --
>>
>>
>>    Jun Zhao wrote:
>>
>>        I propose Generation should be a relationship rather than a
>> concept.
>>
>>        See
>>
>> http://www.w3.org/2011/prov/wiki/ConceptGeneration#Definition_by_Jun
>>
>>        cheers,
>>
>>        Jun
>>
>>        On 20/05/2011 08:07, Provenance Working Group Issue Tracker wrote:
>>
>>
>>            PROV-ISSUE-8 (define-generation): Definition for Concept
>>            'Generation' [Provenance Terminology]
>>
>>            http://www.w3.org/2011/prov/track/issues/8
>>
>>            Raised by: Luc Moreau
>>            On product: Provenance Terminology
>>
>>            The Provenance WG charter identifies the concept
>>            'Generation' as a core concept of the provenance interchange
>>            language to be standardized (see
>>            http://www.w3.org/2011/01/prov-wg-charter).
>>
>>            What term do we adopt for the concept 'Generation'?
>>            How do we define the concept 'Generation'?
>>            Where does concept 'Generation' appear in ProvenanceExample?
>>            Which provenance query requires the concept 'Generation'?
>>
>>            Wiki page: http://www.w3.org/2011/prov/wiki/ConceptGeneration
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