Re: PROV-ISSUE-395: Rename hadOriginalSource to "originatedFrom"? [prov-dm]

On Jun 5, 2012, at 2:54 AM, Paul Groth wrote:

> Hi Tim,
> 
> I don't think hadOriginalSource and originatedFrom convey the same
> meaning.


I think that they are pretty close in meaning, and one follows the naming style more appropriately.


> I am also a bit concerned about doing these big renames of
> things.


How do you measure "big"?

-Tim


> 
> cheers
> Paul
> 
> On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 4:58 AM, Provenance Working Group Issue Tracker
> <sysbot+tracker@w3.org> wrote:
>> PROV-ISSUE-395: Rename hadOriginalSource to "originatedFrom"? [prov-dm]
>> 
>> http://www.w3.org/2011/prov/track/issues/395
>> 
>> Raised by: Timothy Lebo
>> On product: prov-dm
>> 
>> DM editors,
>> 
>> Could hadOriginalSource be renamed to "originatedFrom" ?
>> 
>> I think it follows the "wasDerivedFrom" naming a little more closely, and avoids an exception to PROV-O's "has" naming convention.
>> 
>> Then, perhaps the Involvement "Source" could be renamed "Origin"?
>> 
>> And qualifiedSource would become qualifiedOrigin.
>> 
>> I think that this naming is a little more natural.
>> 
>> (yes, this is phrased in terms of PROV-O, but an issue on DM; probably best product would be mapping prov-dm <->  prov-o...)
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Tim
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
> 
> 
> 
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> Dr. Paul Groth (p.t.groth@vu.nl)
> http://www.few.vu.nl/~pgroth/
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> Knowledge Representation & Reasoning Group
> Artificial Intelligence Section
> Department of Computer Science
> VU University Amsterdam
> 
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