Re: PROV-ISSUE-105: 5.3.1 Generation (current version of the conceptual model document) [Conceptual Model]

Hi Stian,

Response below.

On 01/17/2012 10:14 AM, Stian Soiland-Reyes wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 23:21, Luc Moreau<L.Moreau@ecs.soton.ac.uk>  wrote:
>
>    
>>> Exactly. I am not sure why is it necessary for generation of x to precede
>>> end of pe since they can share the same event or time value? For example, it
>>> is fairly common to state "the car production ended with the production of
>>> car c1 at 10:00am on Dec 7."
>>>        
>> The constraint is just stating that  generation occurs during the duration
>> of the activity. I don't see how it can occur before or after the activity.
>>      
> What Satya is pointing out that "a precedes b" reads like
>    t(a)<  t(b)
> not
>    t(a)<= t(b)
>
> I (and obviously Satya) think there's a good case for all
> time-boundaries in PROV to be inclusive, other wise you are forced to
> add a tiny time delta between the last generation time and the end of
> the activity. (Or in a push-model, between the first usage time and
> activity start).  It would also force all durations to be non-zero,
> which in some models would not make sense.
>
>    
I had already agreed on this a while back. I have just made the change,
see:
http://dvcs.w3.org/hg/prov/raw-file/default/model/ProvenanceModel.html#dfn-follows

Luc

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Received on Tuesday, 17 January 2012 10:22:53 UTC