Re: PROV-ISSUE-147 (Replace recipe): Change the name if "Recipe" [Data Model]

Hi Stephan,
Comments are interleaved

On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 11:31 AM, Stephan Zednik <zednis@rpi.edu> wrote:

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> On Nov 7, 2011, at 9:24 AM, Satya Sahoo wrote:
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> Hi Luc,
> Comments on your example are interleaved
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>> However, take an activity run by my email client. I would argue that my
>> email
>> client executable is a specification of an activity and is also a plan.
>> In this specific case, what's the difference between a Plan and a
>> (Software) Agent?
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> The code for the email client is a specification vs. email client process
> corresponding to the distinction between a program (in memory or on disk
> etc.) and a process (being actively executed).
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> So a plan would be "check inbox", "read email",  "write email", "check
> calendar", "check rss feed", etc?
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> Yes, if it is part of an itinerary or planned activities.

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> A program can have multiple processes, similar to the blueprint of a
> welding robot, reconnaissance drone and actual robots, drones etc.
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>>  The same question also applies to a workflow script, controlling an
>> activity.  Is it an agent
>> or a plan?
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> Workflow script is a "plan" or "recipe" or "specification" etc. and not an
> agent.
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> Would the workflow engine would be the agent?
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Yes, if it is a process (and not workflow engine program).

Best,
Satya


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> --Stephan
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> Best,
> Satya
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>>  Thanks,
>> Luc
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>> On 11/07/2011 03:28 PM, Satya Sahoo wrote:
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>> +1 for replacing Recipe.
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>>  Plan is a nice alternative - should we make it Activity/Process Plan
>> (corresponds to the Activity/Process Execution)?
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>> Best,
>> Satya
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>>  On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 10:16 AM, Provenance Working Group Issue Tracker
>> <sysbot+tracker@w3.org> wrote:
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>>> PROV-ISSUE-147 (Replace recipe): Change the name if "Recipe" [Data Model]
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>>> http://www.w3.org/2011/prov/track/issues/147
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>>> Raised by: James McCusker
>>> On product: Data Model
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>>> We chose Recipe to be explicitly clear about the use of a method or plan
>>> to guide a ProcessExecution. We should find a broader term that isn't as
>>> tied to the cake example. This is what I recommend. We start with the term
>>> "Recipe" and replace it with ever more general terms that are unambiguous.
>>> We then accept the broadest possible term that cannot be confused with an
>>> occurrent.
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>>> My first cut is "Plan". It's short, simple, and unambiguous. I think
>>> it's sufficiently general to cover the definition of "Recipe" without being
>>> confused with "Process".
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>> Professor Luc Moreau
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>> University of Southampton          fax:   +44 23 8059 2865
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