PROV-ISSUE-168 (TLebo): HTTP POSTing a provenance URI to an originating source [Accessing and Querying Provenance]

PROV-ISSUE-168 (TLebo): HTTP POSTing a provenance URI to an originating source [Accessing and Querying Provenance]

http://www.w3.org/2011/prov/track/issues/168

Raised by: Timothy Lebo
On product: Accessing and Querying Provenance

Permitting "downstream" activities to "report back" to originating sources would be an invaluable way to create a web of provenance.

Would it be possible to add a section describing how third party clients can HTTP POST additional provenance URIs describing resources relevant to the server?

This would allow data consumers to tell data providers, "Hey, I used your data!".

Servers receiving these POSTs could choose to acknowledge them (or not) by including the additional provenance URIs in the HTTP GET described in http://dvcs.w3.org/hg/prov/raw-file/default/paq/provenance-access.html#resource-accessed-by-http

Thanks!
Tim

Received on Wednesday, 23 November 2011 16:43:28 UTC