Re: PROV-ISSUE-207 (start and end records): start and end records [prov-dm]

Hi all,
Start and end appeared in wd4 and are part of wd5.
I am closing this issue.
Regards,
Luc

On 12/21/2011 10:20 PM, Provenance Working Group Issue Tracker wrote:
> PROV-ISSUE-207 (start and end records): start and end records [prov-dm]
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> http://www.w3.org/2011/prov/track/issues/207
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> Raised by: Luc Moreau
> On product: prov-dm
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> We have recently voted on definitions for generation and usage records.
> Start and end records are the corresponding 'instantaneous events' for activities.
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> We should therefore define start/end records as representation of activity start/end events.
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> Second, time is handled differently for entities and activities. The placeholders for time information related to entities is in generation and usage events. But for activities, it's in the activity record.
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> Shouldn't activity start/end time be moved to start/end record?
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> If we do move activity start/end time to start/end record, then shouldn't we also make the agent optional, for cases where we want to assert time without knowing the agent.
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> This latter proposal may also have implications for the prov-o ontology.
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