- From: Graham Klyne <graham.klyne@zoo.ox.ac.uk>
- Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 16:11:17 +0100
- To: Stian Soiland-Reyes <soiland-reyes@cs.manchester.ac.uk>
- CC: Luc Moreau <L.Moreau@ecs.soton.ac.uk>, Timothy Lebo <lebot@rpi.edu>, "public-prov-wg@w3.org" <public-prov-wg@w3.org>
Is round-tripping PROV-O and PROV-N a requirement? That could well be a can of worms. Something I haven't seen in the specs I've is a description of the mapping between PROV-N and PROV-O (that's one of my comments on PROV-O). #g -- On 10/07/2012 11:52, Stian Soiland-Reyes wrote: > PROV-O uses the qualifiedXX to map to these PROV-DM relations. > > However, there is as far as I can tell - not a requirement in PROV-DM > that this is not allowed: > > activity(act1) > activity(act2) > entity(ent1) > usage(use1; act1, ent1) > usage(use1; act2, ent1) // Same identifier for the usage! > > Thus, to represent this (very) scruffy provenance, qualifiedUsage will > have to *not* be inverse functional: > > :ent1 a prov:Entity . > > :act1 a prov:Activity ; > prov:used :ent1; > prov:qualifiedUsage :use1 . > > :act2 a prov:Activity ; > prov:used :ent1; > prov:qualifiedUsage :use1 . > > :use1 a prov:Usage ; > prov:entity :ent1 . > > > This is of course 'very scruffy' provenance. We could argue strongly > that PROV-DM should NOT allow this, in which case the prov:qualified* > should be made inverse functional. > > >> From the same argument prov:entity and friends should not be > functional, to allow: > > usage(use1; act1, ent1) > usage(use1; act2, ent2) // Same identifier for the usage! > > :use1 a prov:Usage ; > prov:entity :ent1, :ent2 . > > > .. but this is where it breaks down, as now you can't go back to the > separate usage() statements. > > > I think the conclusion of this is that it opens a can of worms, and > both PROV-DM and PROV-O should restrict the identifiers of > relations/influences and define if that is allowed and/or what it > means. Thus PROV-O can reflect this, and provide better guidance. > > > Alternatively, we can say that if you are scruffy, then you only use > the vocabulary of PROV-O, and might be in conflict with OWL > restrictions, which can then reflect more of the PROV-Constraints. I > am not so sure about this approach. > > > > On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 9:40 AM, Graham Klyne<graham.klyne@zoo.ox.ac.uk> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I don't think the qualified<Foo> relations need to be inverse functional, >> and in some cases it may be important that they are not. >> >> I don't think it matters if there are (say) multiple qualifiedUsage classes >> between (say) a given entity and an activity, as long as they refer to the >> same values. >> >> When we start to look at provenance of provenance, I think it's important >> that they be separate, so that provenance of qualifiedUsage assertions that >> provide different information facets about the usage can be assessed >> accordingly. >> >> There will be constraints on what are considered valid (satisfiable) overall >> provenance assertions that flow from the formal semantics of PROV, so that >> conflicting claims can be treated as such. >> >> Sorry this is all vague and hand-wavy, but I wanted to weigh in against >> imposing ontological constraints/commitments that may turn out to be >> unnecessary or even harmful. For specs based around an open-world model, >> it's easier to add constraints later than to retract them. >> >> #g >> -- >> >> >> On 09/07/2012 20:08, Luc Moreau wrote: >>> >>> Hi Tim, >>> >>> We cannot really afford to wait till Thursday to make progress on this. >>> We need to try and resolve it by email. >>> >>> For #2. >>> The reason for qualifiedXXX is inverse functional is that >>> when we write an expression such as >>> usage(id;a,e,t,[attr1=v1,attr2=v2]) >>> there is a single activity and a single entity per usage. >>> So, qualifiedUsage is inverse functional and influencer is functional. >>> Likewise hadActivity/hadPlan/hadXXX are functional. >>> >>> I pointed out that this was PROV-O specific, because the qualified pattern >>> is introduced by prov-o, not prov-dm. >>> >>> >>> For #5, I was just following your editorial note "It is the intent that >>> the property chain holds: (prov:qualifiedGeneration o prov:atTime) >>> rdfs:subPropertyOf prov:generatedAtTime." >>> >>> If qualifiedGeneration is not functional, I suppose that generatedAtTime >>> cannot be functional. >>> But maybe, I am wrong. >>> >>> Luc >>> >>> ________________________________________ >>> From: Timothy Lebo [lebot@rpi.edu] >>> Sent: Monday, July 09, 2012 6:06 PM >>> To: Luc Moreau >>> Cc: public-prov-wg@w3.org >>> Subject: Re: PROV-ISSUE-444 (prov-o-to-last-call): Review PROV-O for last >>> call [PROV-O HTML] >>> >>> Luc, >>> >>> The prov-o team discussed this during our telcon today. >>> >>> Are the property characteristics that you suggest justified by DM? >>> >>> You do point out that some are "PROV-O specific", but they should still >>> have grounding in DM, right? >>> >>> The team thinks that these characteristics should be discussed at the WG >>> level. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Tim >>> >>> >>> >>> On Jul 4, 2012, at 5:26 AM, Luc Moreau wrote: >>> >>> … >>> >>>> >>>> 2. qualifiedXXX: shouldn't they be inverseFunctional? >>>> Otherwise, this would allow for a given Influence instance, to be a >>>> qualified Influence >>>> for multiple subjects. This is not intended. >>>> >>>> The qualified pattern is prov-o specific. It was inverse functional >>>> before, but I think >>>> this characteristic was incorrectly removed. >>>> >>>> 3 influencer: should it be functional: there is only one influencer per >>>> qualified pattern instance, isn't there. >>>> >>>> 4. Likewise: >>>> hadPlan: is functional >>>> hadUsage: is functional >>>> hadGeneration: is functional >>>> hadActivity: is functional >>>> >>>> As per prov-dm. >>>> >>>> 5. generatedAtTime: In owl file: editorialNote "It is the intent that the >>>> property chain holds: (prov:qualifiedGeneration o prov:atTime) >>>> rdfs:subPropertyOf prov:generatedAtTime."@en >>>> >>>> --> It cannot be functional since qualifiedGeneration is not functional. >>>> >>>> Also applies to all the others, invalidatedAtTime, startedAtTime, >>>> endedAtTime, >>>> >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Luc >>>> >>>> >>>> On 03/07/2012 21:20, Provenance Working Group Issue Tracker wrote: >>>>> >>>>> PROV-ISSUE-444 (prov-o-to-last-call): Review PROV-O for last call >>>>> [PROV-O HTML] >>>>> >>>>> http://www.w3.org/2011/prov/track/issues/444 >>>>> >>>>> Raised by: Timothy Lebo >>>>> On product: PROV-O HTML >>>>> >>>>> PROV-O is ready for internal review for Last Call release. >>>>> >>>>> The document is at: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> http://dvcs.w3.org/hg/prov/raw-file/tip/ontology/last-call/2012-07-03-internal-review/Overview.html >>>>> >>>>> Please respond to this thread with general feedback and answers to the >>>>> following questions: >>>>> >>>>> 1) Are there any issues that should delay the WG's release of PROV-O as >>>>> Last Call (i.e., is all of the technical work done). >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> 2) Are the examples and scenario adequate? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> 3) Should the links to prov-dm, prov-constraints, and prov-n stay in the >>>>> cross reference? >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> Tim prov:actedOnBehalfOf :prov-o-team . >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> > > >
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