- From: Khalid Belhajjame <Khalid.Belhajjame@cs.man.ac.uk>
- Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2011 08:55:46 +0100
- To: Paolo Missier <Paolo.Missier@ncl.ac.uk>
- CC: "public-prov-wg@w3.org" <public-prov-wg@w3.org>
On 08/06/2011 01:07, Paolo Missier wrote: > yes, I guess so, in the sense of events -> state transitions. > Not sure this captures everything though: "Alice forwarding an > online post." is an observable event, but does it map to a state > change? in a natural way? or does that view force you to think of the > world in terms of state machines :-) Yes, you are right, I was thinking in term of state machines, that's why I had the impression that events are not first class objects :-) Thanks, khalid > > Cheers, -Paolo > > On 6/7/11 11:32 AM, Khalid Belhajjame wrote: >> Hi Paolo >> >>> it's a good start, in that it subsumes observing value of data, and >>> therefore the state of a database, for example. >>> But we also need to observe /events/, don't we. For example, data that >>> moves along a communication channel that connects two processors. >>> Someone forwarding an online post. Or responding to the post. >> I was wondering if, instead, 'events' can be seen as a means for >> observing (or monitoring) changes, in particular changes in state. >> Would that be fair? >> >> khalid > > >
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