Re: prov-dm derivation: three proposals to vote on (deadline Wednesday midnight GMT)

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khalid

On 09/11/2011 08:27, Luc Moreau wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> Kind reminder ...
>
> Luc
>
> On 11/07/2011 10:06 AM, Luc Moreau wrote:
>> Dear all,
>>
>> Can you express your support or not for the following proposals. We 
>> will confirm
>> the outcome at the teleconference.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Luc
>>
>>
>> In the interest of simplification, we would like to make the following
>> proposal about derivations in prov-dm.
>>
>> Context: prov-dm currently contains 3 different notions of
>> derivations, in particular with names that are not intuitive.  The
>> constraint derivation-attributes [1] prevented derivations to be
>> transitive. These constraints were removed from the prov-dm document
>> last week [2].
>>
>>
>>
>> Proposal 1. Transitive derivation is expressed using 'dependedUpon'
>>             between two entities.  dependedUpon can be asserted or 
>> inferred.
>>
>> Proposal 2.  There exists a special case of derivation, where a
>>              process execution is known or known to exist.  This is 
>> expressed using:
>>              wasDerivedFrom(e2,e1,[pe, ...])  and its compact form
>>              wasDerivedFrom(e2,e1).
>>
>>              Furthermore, there exists an inference:
>>              wasDerivedFrom(e2,e1,[pe, ...]) implies 
>> dependedUpon(e2,e1).
>>
>> Proposal 3.  In the current version of the document, 
>> wasEventuallyDerivedFrom and dependedOn intended to
>>               express the same notion of (transitive) derivation, and 
>> thus can be
>>               removed as redundant.
>>
>>
>>
>> Instead of 3 relations wasDerivedFrom, wasEventuallyDerivedFrom, and
>> dependedOn, we would now only have 2 relations wasDerivedFrom and
>> dependedUpon. The awkward term 'wasEventuallyDerivedFrom' is also
>> abandonned.  Overall, this should contribute towards a simplification
>> of the model.
>>
>>
>> Note: the text will describe the conditions under which the binary
>> form of wasDerivedFrom is transitive.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-prov-dm-20111018/#derivation-attributes
>> [2] http://www.w3.org/2011/prov/meeting/2011-11-03#resolution_5
>>
>

Received on Wednesday, 9 November 2011 14:20:50 UTC