Re: PROV-ISSUE-357 (author-in-quotation): author in definition of quotation [prov-dm]

I'm fine with that as well

Paul

On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 3:47 PM, Timothy Lebo <lebot@rpi.edu> wrote:
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> On Apr 20, 2012, at 9:42 AM, Paul Groth wrote:
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> So are we saying:
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> "A quotation is the repeat of (some or all of) an entity, such as text
> or image,
> by an agent"
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> I'm fine with that.
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> It seems ambiguous. What did the agent do in the definition above? quote or
> be quoted?
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> I'd still prefer Luc's previous (and not clutter it by involving 'agent' in
> the definition)
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> A quotation is the repeat of (some or all of) an entity, such as text or
> image,
> by someone who may or may not be its original author.
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> besides, isn't it already covered?
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> quoterAgent: an optional identifier (ag2) for the agent who performs the
> quote;
> originalAgent: an optional identifier (ag1) for the agent to whom the
> original entity is attributed;
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> -Tim
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> Paul
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> On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 3:37 PM, Stephan Zednik <zednis@rpi.edu> wrote:
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> So "by an agent"?  I have no preference on the matter myself.
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> --Stephan
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> On Apr 20, 2012, at 7:29 AM, Luc Moreau <L.Moreau@ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote:
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> And a further point: why 'someone' in this definition? Always a Person?
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> Can't running software perform quotation?
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> Professor Luc Moreau
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> Electronics and Computer Science
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> University of Southampton
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> Southampton SO17 1BJ
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> United Kingdom
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> On 20 Apr 2012, at 14:13, "Stephan Zednik" <zednis@rpi.edu> wrote:
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> On Apr 20, 2012, at 6:58 AM, Luc Moreau <L.Moreau@ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote:
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> I believe the definition is not enforceable/verifiable practically.
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> In the spirit of simplification I suggest we allow for self-quotation.  The
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> definition should be :
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> A quotation is the repeat of (some or all of) an entity, such as text or
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> image,
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> by someone who may or may not be its original author.
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> In that case, couldn't we just shorten this to "by someone"?
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> --Stephan
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> Professor Luc Moreau
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> Electronics and Computer Science
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> University of Southampton
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> Southampton SO17 1BJ
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> United Kingdom
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> On 20 Apr 2012, at 13:32, "Timothy Lebo" <lebot@rpi.edu> wrote:
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> On Apr 20, 2012, at 5:53 AM, Paul Groth wrote:
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> I think it's hard to come-up with validity rules. In terms of being
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> from another author... I'm sure people will "quote themselves" but I
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> think that's a perfectly fine breakage of the normal definition of
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> quotation.
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> +1
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> The "other author" can be prov:alternateOf the quoting agent :-)
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> You're quoting yourself which was in a different context.
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> I don't see a need to try to enforce distinctness.
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> -Tim
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> Paul
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> On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 11:42 AM, Luc Moreau <L.Moreau@ecs.soton.ac.uk>
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> wrote:
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> Ok, but how can we enforce it? What does it mean to be "other" in a PROV
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> context?
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> Do we need validity rules?
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> Professor Luc Moreau
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> Electronics and Computer Science
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> University of Southampton
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> Southampton SO17 1BJ
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> United Kingdom
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> On 20 Apr 2012, at 09:06, "Paul Groth" <p.t.groth@vu.nl> wrote:
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> Hi Luc,
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> Err.. I took the definition of quotation directly from the dictionary :-)
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> So you'd have to argue with them.
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> cheers
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> Paul
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> On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 9:03 AM, Provenance Working Group Issue
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> Tracker <sysbot+tracker@w3.org> wrote:
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> PROV-ISSUE-357 (author-in-quotation): author in definition of quotation
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> [prov-dm]
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> http://www.w3.org/2011/prov/track/issues/357
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> Raised by: Luc Moreau
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> On product: prov-dm
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> The definition of Quotation [1] is:
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> A quotation is the repeat of (some or all of) an entity, such as text or
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> image, by someone other than its original author.
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> Do we really mean that I wouldn't be entitled to quote myself?    If it's
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> the case, what does it mean to be "someone other than the original author"?
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> are alternates OK?
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> http://dvcs.w3.org/hg/prov/raw-file/default/model/prov-dm.html#concept-quotation
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> --
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> Dr. Paul Groth (p.t.groth@vu.nl)
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> http://www.few.vu.nl/~pgroth/
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> Assistant Professor
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> Knowledge Representation & Reasoning Group
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> Artificial Intelligence Section
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> Department of Computer Science
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> VU University Amsterdam
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> Dr. Paul Groth (p.t.groth@vu.nl)
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> http://www.few.vu.nl/~pgroth/
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> Assistant Professor
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> Knowledge Representation & Reasoning Group
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> Artificial Intelligence Section
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> Department of Computer Science
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> VU University Amsterdam
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> Dr. Paul Groth (p.t.groth@vu.nl)
> http://www.few.vu.nl/~pgroth/
> Assistant Professor
> Knowledge Representation & Reasoning Group
> Artificial Intelligence Section
> Department of Computer Science
> VU University Amsterdam
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Dr. Paul Groth (p.t.groth@vu.nl)
http://www.few.vu.nl/~pgroth/
Assistant Professor
Knowledge Representation & Reasoning Group
Artificial Intelligence Section
Department of Computer Science
VU University Amsterdam

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