- From: Luc Moreau <L.Moreau@ecs.soton.ac.uk>
- Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2011 10:38:19 +0100
- To: public-prov-wg@w3.org
Thanks Paul, also added to the Wiki. Luc On 06/08/2011 10:10 AM, Paul Groth wrote: > Hi All: > > I would note that, we should look to what other existing approaches > have done. > > Dublin Core defines Agent as: > A resource that acts or has the power to act. > Comment: Examples of Agent include person, organization, and > software agent. > > FOAF defines it as: > The|Agent <http://xmlns.com/foaf/spec/#term_Agent>|class is the class > of agents; things that do stuff > eg. person, group, software or physical artifact > > PREMIS: > Agents are entities that have actied upon objects > e.g. people, organizations > > I think it seems there is quite some agreement about what an agent > means in the broader community. > > Paul > > Olaf Hartig wrote: >> Hey Luc, >> >> On Tuesday 07 June 2011 23:34:51 Luc Moreau wrote: >>> Hi Jun, Khalid, Satya, >>> >>> I have a few questions. >>> >>> 1. Can an agent be defined independently of processes? >> >> In the Provenance Vocabulary we defined it as "a general class that >> represents >> active entities." (although we called it "actor" instead of "agent"). >> >> Cheers, >> Olaf >> > -- Professor Luc Moreau Electronics and Computer Science tel: +44 23 8059 4487 University of Southampton fax: +44 23 8059 2865 Southampton SO17 1BJ email: l.moreau@ecs.soton.ac.uk United Kingdom http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~lavm
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