Re: PROV-ISSUE-120 (Tlebo): Renaming Formal Model (The OWL) [Formal Model]

I suggest we reuse 

http://www.w3.org/2011/prov/wiki/NameSuggestions

to collect a list of proposals for the new "Formal".

Regards,
Tim



On Oct 6, 2011, at 11:32 AM, Provenance Working Group Issue Tracker wrote:

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> PROV-ISSUE-120 (Tlebo): Renaming Formal Model (The OWL) [Formal Model]
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> http://www.w3.org/2011/prov/track/issues/120
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> Raised by: Timothy Lebo
> On product: Formal Model
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> Formal issue based on Luc's email:
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> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-prov-wg/2011Sep/0338.html
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> Dear all,
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> The charter [1] lists deliverables D1 'conceptual model' and D2  'formal model'.
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> For the former, we moved away from the 'conceptual model' terminology, and we refer to a data model PROV-DM.
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> For the latter, we seem to have endless confusion about what it really means, and what the difference is with
> semantics.   Also, as Graham pointed out, it is not obvious why a developer would have to look at a formal model
> document.
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> 1. Given this confusion, Paul and I would like to propose that we drop the terminology 'Formal Model'.
>  Can you express your support or disagreement for this proposal?
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> 2. Assuming we adopt the proposal, what should the document title become, we leave it to authors/editors to decide.
>  Group members may also want to make suggestions, and we could vote on them during teleconference.
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>  To get the ball rolling: 'semantic web representation/model/serialization of provenance'
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> Cheers,
> Luc
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> [1] http://www.w3.org/2011/01/prov-wg-charter
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