Re: PROV-ISSUE-383 (how-to-handle-subtypes): How to handle subtypes in PROV-DM [prov-dm]

Luc,

On May 23, 2012, at 8:59 AM, Luc Moreau wrote:

> 
> 
> For revision, hadOriginalSource, and wasQuotedFrom (
> http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-prov-dm-20120503/#term-Revision)
> 
> I feel that we shouldn't introduce a special syntax in PROV-N, but we should
> just introduce types: prov:Revision, etc.
> 
> This would be inline with the way all other subtypes are handled.
> 
> So, the question is: should they all appear in UML diagram and table 4?

Which table 4? (URL, please?)

Thanks,
Tim

> 
> Luc
> 
> On 05/23/2012 01:49 PM, Provenance Working Group Issue Tracker wrote:
>> PROV-ISSUE-383 (how-to-handle-subtypes): How to handle subtypes in PROV-DM [prov-dm]
>> 
>> http://www.w3.org/2011/prov/track/issues/383
>> 
>> Raised by: Luc Moreau
>> On product: prov-dm
>> 
>> 
>> PROV-DM defines a variety of subtypes and handles them differently.
>> 
>> Some have an explicit prov-n construct (I think for those, it's a legacy
>> of the past, when signatures were not uniform).
>> 
>> Some are explicitly represented in UML diagrams, some are not.
>> Some are listed in table 4.
>> 
>>                           PROV-N      in UML  in Table 4
>>                          notation       diag
>> 
>> wasRevisionOf              yes          yes      yes
>> 
>> hadOriginalSource          yes          yes      yes
>> 
>> wasQuotedFrom              yes          yes      yes
>> 
>> prov:Plan                  no           yes       no
>> 
>> prov:SoftwareAgent         no           no        no
>> 
>> prov:Organization          no           no        no
>> 
>> prov:Person                no           no        no
>> 
>> prov:Bundle                no           yes       yes
>> 
>> prov:Collection            no           yes       yes
>> 
>> prov:Dictionary            no           yes       yes
>> 
>> prov:EmptyDictionary       no           no        no
>> 
>> Suggestions on how to handle them systematically are welcome!
>> 
>> Luc
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>   
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