Re: PROV-ISSUE-249 (two-derivations): Why do we have 3 derivations? [prov-dm]

+1

I think this proposal will also simplify the model.
The consequence of applying this proposal will also IMO remove some 
confusion, by avoiding talking about granularity of the activities 
involved in the derivation. In particular, what for one observer can be  
imprecise-1, because s/he believes that the activity involved in the 
derivation is atomic, can be seen by another observer as imprecise-n, 
because s/he believes that the activity involved in the derivation is 
composite. Talking simply about precise and imprecise derivation allows 
us to avoid this issue.

Khalid

On 09/02/2012 23:11, Provenance Working Group Issue Tracker wrote:
> PROV-ISSUE-249 (two-derivations): Why do we have 3 derivations? [prov-dm]
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> http://www.w3.org/2011/prov/track/issues/249
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> Raised by: Luc Moreau
> On product: prov-dm
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> We currently have 3 derivations:
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> A precise-1 derivation, written wasDerivedFrom(id, e2, e1, a, g2, u1, attrs)
> An imprecise-1 derivation, written wasDerivedFrom(id, e2,e1, t, attrs)
> An imprecise-n derivation, written wasDerivedFrom(id, e2, e1, t, attrs)
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> Imprecise-1/imprecise-1 are distinguished with the attribute prov:steps.
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> Why do we need 3 derivations?
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> I believe that imprecise-n derivation is required for the 'scruffy provenance' use case.
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> I believe that precise-1 derivation is required for the 'proper provenance' use case: in particular, it's a requirement for provenance based reproducibility.
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> I don't understand why we have imprecise-1.  Why can we just have
> imprecise-n and precise-1?
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> PS. If we go with this proposal, then they could simply be called imprecise/precise, and we don't need the attribute steps.
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> PS2. They would essentially be a unqualified and a qualified derivation (in prov-o terminology).
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