- From: Luc Moreau <L.Moreau@ecs.soton.ac.uk>
- Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2012 14:21:37 +0000
- To: Timothy Lebo <lebot@rpi.edu>
- CC: Provenance Working Group <public-prov-wg@w3.org>, Provenance Working Group Issue Tracker <sysbot+tracker@w3.org>
Hi Tim, On 03/23/2012 01:51 PM, Timothy Lebo wrote: > Thanks, Luc. > > Does the namespace have any responsibilities in the latest DM? > > Beyond saying that qualified names "belong" to a namespace, not really. http://dvcs.w3.org/hg/prov/raw-file/default/model/prov-dm.html#term-NamespaceDeclaration > I thought that using the namespace to provide the expectations for the attributes on an instance was an eloquent resolution to the "characterizing attributes" discussion from months past. > To some extent, the management of namespace, the properties associated with attributes (e.g. cardinality) is beyond what prov-dm can specify. Typically, one would define ontology to define all those specific attributes, and the ontology would take care of these constraints. ] Luc > -Tim > > > On Mar 23, 2012, at 9:37 AM, Luc Moreau wrote: > > >> Hi Tim, >> >> We have removed this text, so the issue is supersed. >> >> We are proposing to close it. >> >> Regards, >> Luc >> >> On 02/06/2012 03:12 PM, Provenance Working Group Issue Tracker wrote: >> >>> PROV-ISSUE-235 (TLebo): add MAY to namespace defining "schema" [prov-dm] >>> >>> http://www.w3.org/2011/prov/track/issues/235 >>> >>> Raised by: Timothy Lebo >>> On product: prov-dm >>> >>> propose to change: >>> >>> "Furthermore, for each attribute, a namespace also declares the number of occurrences it may have in a list of attributes." >>> >>> to: >>> >>> "Furthermore, for each attribute, a namespace ___MAY___ also declare the number of occurrences the ___entity__ may have in a list of attributes." >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> -- >> Professor Luc Moreau >> Electronics and Computer Science tel: +44 23 8059 4487 >> University of Southampton fax: +44 23 8059 2865 >> Southampton SO17 1BJ email: l.moreau@ecs.soton.ac.uk >> United Kingdom http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~lavm >> >> >> >> > -- Professor Luc Moreau Electronics and Computer Science tel: +44 23 8059 4487 University of Southampton fax: +44 23 8059 2865 Southampton SO17 1BJ email: l.moreau@ecs.soton.ac.uk United Kingdom http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~lavm
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