Re: PROV-ISSUE-4: Defining Agent using FOAF's definition

Hi Paul and Stephan,
In both your definitions, what criteria distinguishes an "agent" from a
"process" - in terms of "do stuff"/"active role or produces a specified
effect"?

Reviewing the candidate definitions of Agents, I see that Jun's, Khalid's
and my definitions use an explicit reference to a process (execution).

What do you think?

Thanks.

Best,
Satya

On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 4:48 PM, Stephan Zednik <zednis@rpi.edu> wrote:

> I like this definition from the New Oxford American Dictionary because it
> ties in nicely with provenance
>
> "A person on thing that takes an active role or produces a specified
> effect."
>
> --Stephan
>
> On Jun 20, 2011, at 2:08 PM, Paul Groth wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
> >
> > What would people think of just adopting FOAF's definition of Agent for
> now:
> >
> > The Agent class is the class of agents; things that do stuff. A well
> known sub-class is Person, representing people. Other kinds of agents
> include Organization and Group.
> >
> >
> > thanks,
> > Paul
> >
> >
>
>
>