- From: Graham Klyne <graham.klyne@zoo.ox.ac.uk>
- Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2012 12:03:32 +0000
- To: Stephan Zednik <zednis@rpi.edu>
- CC: Luc Moreau <l.moreau@ecs.soton.ac.uk>, Curt Tilmes <Curt.Tilmes@nasa.gov>, "public-prov-wg@w3.org" <public-prov-wg@w3.org>
On 20/12/2012 17:52, Stephan Zednik wrote:
> I believe Tim and myself had discussed a similar line of reasoning to what Curt is suggesting when we were trying to see how Dictionary membership could work in PROV-O (before Dictionary was split out into its own note).
>
> We were at the time trying to use a unified non-qualified membership relation that worked for dictionaries as well as general collections. In PROV-O this lead to the question of where does the key information reside?
>
> Right now I like the idea of
>
> hadMember(d1, e1, "k1")
That alternative works for me, provided it also implies:
hadMember(d1, e1)
so that the dictionary still behaves as a subtype of a collection.
#g
--
>
> The dictionary note can define the attribute prov:dictKey which is used in a membership relation when the collection is a dictionary. We may want to define a new relation such as hadDictionaryMember( ) so we are not overloading the existing membership relation.
>
> I am still not completely sure about what to do with unqualified dictionary membership properties in PROV-O. Perhaps one is simply not defined for dictionaries?
>
> --Stephan
>
> On Dec 20, 2012, at 8:24 AM, Luc Moreau <l.moreau@ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>>
>> It would work, but feels heavy.
>>
>> I personally prefer the original design.
>>
>> Luc
>>
>> On 12/20/2012 03:17 PM, Curt Tilmes wrote:
>>>
>>> Specialization?
>>>
>>> entity(d1, [prov:type='prov:Dictionary'])
>>> entity(d2, [prov:type='prov:Dictionary'])
>>>
>>> entity(e1)
>>>
>>> specializationOf(e1_1, e1)
>>> entity(e1_1, [prov:key='k1'])
>>> hadMember(d1, e1_1)
>>>
>>> specializationOf(e1_2, e1)
>>> entity(e1_2, [prov:key='k2'])
>>> hadMember(d2, e1_2)
>>>
>>> Gets kind of ugly though..
>>>
>>> Curt
>>>
>>> On 12/20/2012 09:49 AM, Luc Moreau wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Curt,
>>>>
>>>> What if e1 belongs to two dictionaries, with keys k1 and k2, respectively?
>>>>
>>>> Luc
>>>>
>>>> On 12/20/2012 02:44 PM, Curt Tilmes wrote:
>>>>> hadMember(c,e) can't have additional attributes or other arguments.
>>>>>
>>>>> You could do something like:
>>>>>
>>>>> entity(d, [prov:type='prov:Dictionary'])
>>>>> entity(e1, [prov:key='k1'])
>>>>> hadMember(d, e1)
>>>>>
>>>>> This adds prov:key to the 'prov:' namespace, but that should be ok,
>>>>> since we've said Notes can do so.
>>>>>
>>>>> We could make it a little more specific to Dictionaries with
>>>>> "prov:dictkey='k1'".
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm also not sure what to do with multiple membership like:
>>>>>
>>>>> d = [(k1, e1), (k2, e1)]
>>>>>
>>>>> (Just give it two "prov:key"s?)
>>>>>
>>>>> Curt
>>>>>
>>>>> On 12/20/2012 09:23 AM, Tom De Nies wrote:
>>>>>> Hello Luc,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I understand your concern, and it's something we can address before
>>>>>> proceeding. During the last telecon, we motivated our desire to redesign
>>>>>> the original memberOf relation of Dictionary. Basically, we'd like
>>>>>> consistency with Collection membership.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Would the notation hadMember(d1, e1, "k1") address you concern? (without
>>>>>> the brackets)
>>>>>> In essence, this adds one attribute to the Collection membership for
>>>>>> Dictionary. It also would mean minimal changes througout the document.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Tom
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Dec 20, 2012 3:07 PM, "Luc Moreau" <l.moreau@ecs.soton.ac.uk
>>>>>> <mailto:l.moreau@ecs.soton.ac.uk>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Tom and Sam,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sorry for the delay.
>>>>>> I have some concerns about the proposed membership relation.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> PROV requires members of a collection to be entities.
>>>>>> http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/CR-prov-dm-20121211/#concept-collection
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Given this, your relation
>>>>>> hadMember(d, ("k1", e1))
>>>>>> seems to indicate that ("k1",e1) is also an entity.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It's not how I had initially envisaged this to work. I see e1 as an
>>>>>> entity
>>>>>> belonging to the dictionary d, with "k1" it's key.
>>>>>> So, in my view, we have:
>>>>>> hadMember(d,e1)
>>>>>> but not
>>>>>> hadMember(d,("k1",e1))
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If ("k1",e1) is an entity, what is its identifier?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Grammatically, hadMember(d,("k1",e1)) is not compatible with the
>>>>>> prov-n notation, since the second argument of hadMember has to
>>>>>> be a qualified name (the identity of the member).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> To me, it's important that we address this issue, before going into
>>>>>> a review.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Luc
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 12/18/2012 04:03 PM, Tom De Nies wrote:
>>>>>>> Specific questions we have for reviewers are:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 1. Is the notation of Dictionary concepts clear & acceptable for
>>>>>>> you? (in PROV-N and PROV-O)
>>>>>>> 2. Are the constraints acceptable, or are they too loose/too
>>>>>>> strict?
>>>>>>> 3. Are you happy with the solution to the issue regarding
>>>>>>> completeness? (Tracing back to an EmptyDictionary)
>>>>>>> 4. Is the note ready to be published as FPWD?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We would like to end the internal review after the first week of
>>>>>>> the new year.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks everyone, and happy holidays!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Tom
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 2012/12/18 Sam Coppens Ugent <sam.coppens@ugent.be
>>>>>>> <mailto:sam.coppens@ugent.be>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hello everybody,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The Dictionary Note
>>>>>>> (http://dvcs.w3.org/hg/prov/raw-file/default/dictionary/prov-dictionary.html)
>>>>>>> has been finalised for review. Feedback on the note is welcome.
>>>>>>> Could everybody also check the authors of the document? If
>>>>>>> someone is missing, let us know.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks a lot!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Best Regards,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sam & Tom
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Professor Luc Moreau
>>>>>> Electronics and Computer Science tel:+44 23 8059 4487
>>>>>> <tel:%2B44%2023%208059%204487>
>>>>>> University of Southampton fax:+44 23 8059 2865
>>>>>> <tel:%2B44%2023%208059%202865>
>>>>>> Southampton SO17 1BJ email:l.moreau@ecs.soton.ac.uk
>>>>>> <mailto:l.moreau@ecs.soton.ac.uk>
>>>>>> United Kingdomhttp://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~lavm
>>
>> --
>> Professor Luc Moreau
>> Electronics and Computer Science tel: +44 23 8059 4487
>> University of Southampton fax: +44 23 8059 2865
>> Southampton SO17 1BJ email: l.moreau@ecs.soton.ac.uk
>> United Kingdom http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~lavm
>>
>>
>>
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>
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