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

Daniel,

I think I agree.

In my mind, I was thinking of "generation" as a kind of finer-grained "process 
execution", so in that sense it would be a refinement of that basic notion. 
(Related to OPM's notion of "accounts" I think, but in the first place I'd like 
to think we can have a core model that doesn't insist implementers have to 
explicitly deal with the notion of accounts.)

#g
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Daniel Garijo wrote:
> 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 <mailto: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> <mailto: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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