- From: Luc Moreau <L.Moreau@ecs.soton.ac.uk>
- Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 09:59:55 +0100
- To: Timothy Lebo <lebot@rpi.edu>
- CC: Daniel Garijo <dgarijo@delicias.dia.fi.upm.es>, Tom De Nies <tom.denies@ugent.be>, Provenance Working Group <public-prov-wg@w3.org>
- Message-ID: <EMEW3|dcf8455e0b475196182376e56e4f4dabo4YA0108L.Moreau|ecs.soton.ac.uk|4FC5E18B>
Hi Tim, On 05/25/2012 12:12 PM, Timothy Lebo wrote: > Perhaps we should weaken the responsibility of the "delegating agent"? > > >>> /Delegation is the assignment of authority to an agent (by itself or by >>> another agent) to carry out a specific activity as a delegate or >>> representative, while the agent that it represents remains responsible >>> for the outcome of the delegated work. > > I'd like to propose replacing "remains responsible" to "retains some > responsibility", in line with the "weak" or "arbitrary" responsibility > that Agents have in Association and Attribution. > Updated accordingly. It's nicer. Luc > >>> /Delegation is the assignment of authority to an agent (by itself or by >>> another agent) to carry out a specific activity as a delegate or >>> representative, while the agent that it represents retains some >>> responsibility >>> for the outcome of the delegated work. > > Thanks! > Tim > > > On May 25, 2012, at 4:28 AM, Daniel Garijo wrote: > >> +1 >> >> 2012/5/25 Tom De Nies <tom.denies@ugent.be <mailto:tom.denies@ugent.be>> >> >> This definition is phrased very clear and complete I think, so +1 >> as well :) >> >> Tom >> (sorry for the double mail Paul, accidentally sent the response >> to you instead of the mailing list) >> >> >> >> 2012/5/25 Tom De Nies <tom.denies@ugent.be >> <mailto:tom.denies@ugent.be>> >> >> This definition is phrased very clear and complete I think, >> so +1 as well :) >> >> >> 2012/5/25 Paul Groth <p.t.groth@vu.nl <mailto:p.t.groth@vu.nl>> >> >> another +1 >> >> On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 2:26 AM, Eric <ericphb@gmail.com >> <mailto:ericphb@gmail.com>> wrote: >> > +1 >> > >> > Sent from my Samsung smartphone on AT&T >> > >> > Luc Moreau <L.Moreau@ecs.soton.ac.uk >> <mailto:L.Moreau@ecs.soton.ac.uk>> wrote: >> > >> >> >> >>All, >> >>Today, we decided to replace the term Responsibility by >> Delegation. >> >>Inspired by suggestions from Tim and Stephan, I drafted >> a definition: >> >> >> >>/Delegation is the assignment of authority to an agent >> (by itself or by >> >>another agent) to carry out a specific activity as a >> delegate or >> >>representative, while the agent that it represents >> remains responsible >> >>for the outcome of the delegated work. >> >>/ >> >>Thoughts? >> >> >> >>Cheers, >> >>Luc >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> -- >> Dr. Paul Groth (p.t.groth@vu.nl <mailto:p.t.groth@vu.nl>) >> http://www.few.vu.nl/~pgroth/ >> <http://www.few.vu.nl/%7Epgroth/> >> Assistant Professor >> Knowledge Representation & Reasoning Group >> Artificial Intelligence Section >> Department of Computer Science >> VU University Amsterdam >> >> >> >> > -- 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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