Re: PROV-ISSUE-406 (delegation-direction): Direction of prov:Delegation is non-intuitive [Ontology]

Unfortunately, due to time and lack of momentum,and no clear solution, we agreed to postpone this issue during the prov-o call.

Regards,
Tim

On Jun 11, 2012, at 11:14 AM, Provenance Working Group Issue Tracker wrote:

> PROV-ISSUE-406 (delegation-direction): Direction of prov:Delegation is non-intuitive [Ontology]
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> http://www.w3.org/2011/prov/track/issues/406
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> Raised by: Stian Soiland-Reyes
> On product: Ontology
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> After the rename from prov:Responsibility to prov:Delegation, I believe the PROV-O mapping of actedOnBehalfOf is non-intuitive with regards to the direction.
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> Consider the graph in 
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> http://www.w3.org/2011/prov/wiki/Eg-37-delegation-direction
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> showing only the qualified relationship. If you read this intuitively, as someone who will find the RDF in the wild - it easily reads the wrong way.
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> I've discussed some potential solutions on that wiki page:
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> * Make <code>prov:hadDelegate</code> be the unqualified property and change the direction of <code>prov:Delegation</code>
> ** Should then be pretty obvious; would not have <code>prov:Agent</code> problem
> ** ..but wrong direction/term according to DM.. 
> *** DM to change actedOnBehalfOf(responsible, delegate) to hadDelegate(delegate, responsible)? 
> * Use more specific properties like <code>prov:responsible</code> rather than confusing <code>prov:agent<code> 
> ** but.. harder to identify the 'special' outgoing link of qualification
> * Rename <code>prov:Delegation</code> and <code>prov:qualifiedDelegation</code>
> ** prov:Delegate ?
> ** prov:ActedOnBehalfOf  ?
> ** .. ?
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> -- 
> Stian Soiland-Reyes
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